1st LOI formative assessment

SCAMPER CUP

Young inventors were given a paper cup each. Using glue, strings and rubber bands only, they were asked to come up with a useful invention.

S    Substitute

What could be substituted for the cup? What could be substituted for the drink? What could be substituted for the taste? What could be the other material for the cup (texture)?

C    Combine

What could be combined with the cup? With the drink? What other food items? What other non-food items?

A    Adapt

How could the cup be adapted so it would be easy to hold? So it would keep the drink hot or cold? So it would not get soggy?

M   Modify

Magnify

Minify

Modify the cup (colour, odour ,thickness ,shape). What is it like? If it were magnified, what might it be used for? What if it were miniaturized?

P    Put to other uses

What else could a paper cup be used for? Who else might use it? Where else might it be used?

E    Eliminate

What could be removed from a paper cup? How could it be streamlined? Made lighter?

R    Reverse

Rearrange

What if it were upside down? Inside out? What other shape could it be?

Our young inventors put on their thinking caps and came up with some brilliant and innovative inventions.

"When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." - George Washington.