{"id":36,"date":"2025-09-26T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/chapter\/course-module-1b-engineering-ingenuity\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:39:04","slug":"course-module-1b-engineering-ingenuity","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/chapter\/course-module-1b-engineering-ingenuity\/","title":{"raw":"Course Module 1b: Engineering Ingenuity","rendered":"Course Module 1b: Engineering Ingenuity"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"course-module-1b:-engineering-ingenuity\u2122-\">\n<h2>Example of Assignment:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"import-Default\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\"><strong>Mind Mapping for Innovation Development<\/strong>:<em>\u00a0A lateral thinking process using systems thinking <\/em><em>with word association<\/em><em>s<\/em> <em>to <\/em><em>make <\/em><em>diverse <\/em><em>connections <\/em><em>and<\/em> <em>develop<\/em><em> solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h2>Mission: Create a new flashlight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"import-Default\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">Students are required to create a mind map to develop an idea and complete the template below.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"import-Default\">Start by drawing a circle in the middle of the page with the words \"New Flashlight\".<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"import-Default\">Create 4 \u2018LEVEL 1\u2019 branches from the center that are significant lines of thought. One of the branches should be \"Power\" and another branch should be \"Use\" or \"Light\".\n<ul>\n \t<li class=\"import-Default\">Other branches are whatever students want for their mind map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"import-Default\">Each branch should have at least 4 \u2018LEVEL 2\u201d subbranches extending beyond the \u2018LEVEL 1\u2019 branch. Each subbranch should also have several \u2018LEVEL 3+\u2019 extensions. See picture of a mind map below.<\/li>\n \t<li class=\"import-Default\">Pick words in the mind map, draw lines to connect the words, and mash the words together to find correlations to stimulate your mind to conceive a new meaningfully unique flashlight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_32\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2025\/09\/image3.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-35 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3.png\" alt=\"A Mind Map For A New Flashlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"393\"><\/a> Student in front of Mind Map. <em>Picture provided by Fort Bend Independent School District Center for Technology Education 2018<\/em>[\/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">After creating a mind map, fill in the blanks below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">Be concise... no long sentences over 18 words. Write in 3rd person... do not use the word \"I\". Choose a favorite idea from the mind map and go through the following six steps.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"grid landscape\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 300px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\">\n<th class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 321.25px; height: 50px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>What is the name of the idea?<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 1036.75px; height: 50px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\">\n<th class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 321.25px; height: 50px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Who is the customer?<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 1036.75px; height: 50px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<th class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 321.25px; height: 50px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Clear description of the idea. Use one to three sentences to describe what it is and what makes it Meaningfully Unique.<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 1036.75px; height: 50px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<th class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 321.25px; height: 50px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Do a web search to find the closest thing to the idea. Write the name of what is found and paste the URL below.<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 1036.75px; height: 50px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\">\n<th class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 321.25px; height: 50px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>What makes your idea unique compared to the one found on the internet?<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 1036.75px; height: 50px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;\">\n<th class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 321.25px; height: 50px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Describe something that would cause your new flashlight to fail.<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td style=\"width: 1036.75px; height: 50px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"course-module-1b:-engineering-ingenuity\u2122-\">\n<h2>Example of Assignment:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"import-Default\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\"><strong>Mind Mapping for Innovation Development<\/strong>:<em>\u00a0A lateral thinking process using systems thinking <\/em><em>with word association<\/em><em>s<\/em> <em>to <\/em><em>make <\/em><em>diverse <\/em><em>connections <\/em><em>and<\/em> <em>develop<\/em><em> solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Mission: Create a new flashlight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"import-Default\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">Students are required to create a mind map to develop an idea and complete the template below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"import-Default\">Start by drawing a circle in the middle of the page with the words &#8220;New Flashlight&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li class=\"import-Default\">Create 4 \u2018LEVEL 1\u2019 branches from the center that are significant lines of thought. One of the branches should be &#8220;Power&#8221; and another branch should be &#8220;Use&#8221; or &#8220;Light&#8221;.\n<ul>\n<li class=\"import-Default\">Other branches are whatever students want for their mind map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"import-Default\">Each branch should have at least 4 \u2018LEVEL 2\u201d subbranches extending beyond the \u2018LEVEL 1\u2019 branch. Each subbranch should also have several \u2018LEVEL 3+\u2019 extensions. See picture of a mind map below.<\/li>\n<li class=\"import-Default\">Pick words in the mind map, draw lines to connect the words, and mash the words together to find correlations to stimulate your mind to conceive a new meaningfully unique flashlight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2025\/09\/image3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3.png\" alt=\"A Mind Map For A New Flashlight\" width=\"800\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3.png 800w, https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3-65x32.png 65w, https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3-225x111.png 225w, https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/engineeringingenuity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/image3-350x172.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student in front of Mind Map. <em>Picture provided by Fort Bend Independent School District Center for Technology Education 2018<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">After creating a mind map, fill in the blanks below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-autospace: none;\">Be concise&#8230; no long sentences over 18 words. 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