TEACHING ARTS AND TRADES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Artistically decorate* a thing you own.
• Make 3-4 manifestations of creativity* out of the material you choose (paper, wool, cloth, etc.)
• Think up a dance* in which every participant has to improvise a certain move at a certain period of the dance.
• Think of a word and make a 4-line poem, the last word of which would generate a new 4-line poem for another person in a little group*.
• Create a painting group activity* in which everybody would have to add one object or element to complete a painting within a week.
• Develop a cycle of interactive lectures, seminars, and workshops* on ways to foster creativity.
• Create and lead a live internet discussion* on the concept of Creativity.

• Make a dish you like eating regularly and think of 4-7 variations* of it so that it has something special to its taste in each of them.
• Make a toy or a tool* for your favorite game/ activity.
• Create an item* of kitchenware that can be used in 3 different ways.
• For a piece of clothes you like, create the accessories* so that you can wear it for 7 days and it looks different.
• Using your permaculture knowledge make a flower bed* of plants-companions so that a flower of a new color blooms every new day for 7 days a week.
• Create a convertible piece of furniture* (e.g. a bed turns into a wardrobe).
• Do research and make a computer-aided presentation* on the most creative solutions in trades of 7-10 spheres.

TEACHING ENGLISH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Make up a fairytale* the main character of which represents a combination of features of your favorite characters from other fairytales; explain what you have combined.
• Create 10 neologisms* and explain their value.
• Make a collocation scheme* with “creativity” as its central word.
• Make a word game* rhyming words so that the answers to each question are connected with the creativity idea.
• Study the etymology and history on the concept of creativity, present your findings* in a creative way.
• Write a piece of literature* about creativity personified.
• Study the works of the authors – bright representatives of creativity in action of different time periods and make a documentary* comparing what a concept of creativity means at different time spans of the history of literature.

• Make a collage* of words and pictures you associate with creativity.
• Describe* three situations when you were most creative.
• Using all materials you can find, make a quiz* on creativity in different spheres of people’s life, then ask your friends to do it.
• Teach* to your “classmates” the models of new words creation.
• Write a funny/happy/astonishing story* using as many derivatives of creativity as you can.
• Prepare a magazine/ newspaper* that would reveal what creativity is in different spheres of people’s lives (nutrition, sports, self-expression, hobbies, etc.).
• Write a thesis level paper* on the concept of creativity realized on different language levels: vocabulary, grammar, syntax.

TEACHING HEALTH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Express your creativity by adding a creative detail* to each of your morning exercises, so that you feel even better.
• Create a picture* of what emotional health means to you.
• Think of and demonstrate* 3-5 fun/creative ways of eating.
• Be creative in nutritional planning. Create a diet* that is balanced and tasty, and introduces something new, and implement it with your family for 3 days.
• Lead an art therapy lesson* for a small group.
• Write a 3 to 5 page paper* about creativity and how it affects the health of humanity.
• Create a pleasant plan* for adopting 3 healthy habits.
• Develop and then lead your peers* in a new outdoor activity game.
• Write a research paper* on the relationship between creativity and mental health.
• Write a pamphlet* on creating healthy friendships and relationships.
• Creatively change your weekly health routine and create a plan* that introduces a new activity every day that enhances feeling good about yourself.
• Create and lead a workshop* on unconditional love.
• Research creative approaches to people’s health in different countries and time periods (e.g. drastic change of diet, change of climate, introducing a new exercise program, etc.) and highlight what you think are the most creative in a multimedia presentation* that you present to a live audience to inspire creative health solutions.
• Choose a violet level subject within the health molecule and develop a lesson plan* for a creative new approach to teaching that subject to young learners.

TEACHING MATH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Come up with creative ways to draw/represent* 10 different numbers that are important to you and explain why you chose each number.
• Create an art project* to represent 8 basic functions in math of your choice (addition, division, etc.) in a creative way, and ensure the project clearly shows how each of the functions work.
  
• Create a ‘math code’* using yellow level functions where the solutions are equivalent to letters. Write a two sentence message to a friend or family member and help them understand how to solve it.
• Write 3+ creative story problems* for each of 5+ concepts in the green level that are most challenging to you, writing a minimum of 25 total story problems.
• Write 10 story problems* that each creatively combine 5+ blue level concepts.
• Come up with ways to use 10+ indigo level concepts in your daily life that you had not previously thought. Use this information to create a tutorial* that teaches the methods to others. You can create a tutorial for each one individually or in combination with others.
• Write and publish/make public a learning level appropriate book* for a subject from the violet level that inspires and teaches people how to want to learn and use that topic. (Ex: teaching kids why parabolas are fun to learn and how they can be applied to fun things such as telescopes and suspension bridges)

TEACHING SCIENCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Use graphic art pictures to make a collage* of 5+ of your favorite animals mixed together.
• Draw a picture* of an imaginary plant or animal (and a real one if you can) which combines different features of existing species and explain what features belong to what species.
• Share* 3+ creative ways of arranging 5-7+ types of plants within a space so that they get enough of the things they each need to survive.
• Grow* a species that is a hybrid of 3-4 different ones. Photograph and journal* the process and results.
• Based on your knowledge and additional research of gene engineering, engineer, grow, and test a plant* that is resistant to a negative influences of its natural environment.
• Do research on plants/animals that were compelled to change their natural habitat and create a report* that defines as many creative ways as you can that they did, and potential could have, adapted to new circumstances.
• Write and publish and/or open source a thesis-level paper* on the reasons, use, result, and necessity of creativity in nature (“standard” patterns versus accidental new ones).

• Find what you consider to be three creative physical phenomena*; explain your ideas to a mentor.
• Create a picture* that shows examples of the creation of 5-7 substances.
• Make and give a presentation* about substances that are used in “creation” processes in physical sciences.
• Design a creative electrical lighting plan* for a room / dome / apartment so that there is special lighting of certain pieces of furniture or zones/sections.
• Create 3-5 new substances* that can provide a positive outcome or help in some sphere of life.
• Make and give a presentation* on the most impressive physical science creations in the world.
• Develop and deliver a 15 minute creative and fun multimedia presentation* designed specifically to engage artists/creative persons on how physical sciences embodies creativity. Include 10+ examples of physical sciences processes that are creative. The goal is to give the presentation in a large scale forum such as Ted Talks or at a school and to inspire the audience to action.

• Walk in your community with a mentor and discuss* 5 processes where creativity finds its expression on the Earth.
• Make a model* of Earth’s composition in your area and include an explanation of how you think that particular composition was created.
• Think of 3 ways of how to use rain water creatively. Create a demonstration* of at least one of your ideas.
• Make a computer-based presentation* to demonstrate different periods of life on Earth before and after serious changes. Include how organisms adapt to the changes and any ways the organisms and/or changes are creative.
• Create a model* of 3 of earth’s/nature’s creations (e.i. volcanoes, tectonic plates, rocks) and demonstrate and explain their composition, function, use, and things that they themselves create.
• Create, explain, and demonstrate* uses of 3-5 new eco-materials you design* that can be used in everyday life.
• Define the most urgent problems of physical earth and lead a roundtable discussion* with experts to discuss creative solutions to them.

TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Make and give* a 3-5 question quiz to 5 people to find out what “creativity” means to them.
• Attribute colors to moods and paint a picture* of an animal, plant, your favorite character or something else to represent 6+ moods.
• Make a word portrait* of a super creative person. Are you or would you like to be like them? Write a paragraph* about what you believe would help you to become as creative as this person.
• Write a research paper* on psychologically studied relationships between personality type and creative ability.
• Make a presentation* demonstrating the models of society in different time periods that demonstrated creativity at its “best”. Include details about the circumstances, environment, people’s character traits, etc.
• Do research on and create a lesson plan* about creative ways of introducing positive change in relationships (personal, family, friendly, business, etc.) to grow even more in positive periods and overcome troubles.
• Write and publish an open source article* on revolutionary creative solutions in political systems and economics, and suggest ways to implement them.

• Learn and use* words for different creativity related concepts in a language of your choice.
• Read & write* with words for creativity related concepts.
• Explore ‘creativity’ in a foreign fictional book by reading the book and discussing* it with others that read it.
• Explore & create* different 2 types of literature in relation to the meaning of creativity, and note what kind of literature genres you believe are the most creative.
• Compose a new piece of literature* about creativity.
• Write and give a 10 minute lecture* about the complete history of and writings* about the word “creativity”.
• Write a dissertation level paper* on the word “creativity” in languages across the world.

TEACHING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• Pick 3 different technologies you use in your daily life and come up with a new way* to use each of them. Show a peer your creations.
• Pick 5 technologies in your life and combine them in a creative way* that enhances your life. Make a list* of ways this makes your life better.
• Find a piece of technology you can take apart(with permission and assistance of an adult). Take it apart and put it back together in a way that makes it do something different, and create instructions* for how to duplicate your project.
• Use items from nature, your toys, or household items (from a thrift store, or ones that your parents approve) to create a mode*l of the ‘inner workings’ of a piece of technology. Your creation should have at least 3 moving/working parts.
• Choose your favorite piece of technology and study the technologies that preceded it. Then design a creative multimedia presentation* explaining how it came to be including any creative processes involved.
• Choose your favorite technology company and study its history. Then design a creative multimedia presentation* explaining how it came to be and how they operate, from a creative standpoint.
• Choose your favorite technology industry and study its history. Design a creative multimedia presentation* explaining how it came to be and the creative directions you think will come to it in the future.

• Create a new toy or a new way to use a toy* and ask feedback from 5 friends that you have use it. Then integrate that into your final creation.
• Make a design* for a new way to integrate 5 different kinds of toys or objects into one.
• Pick 5 objects and interview 10 people on how they would integrate them together into one experience. Based on their feedback, create* the final product and assembly instructions* for it.
• Pick a product and create an inventive story* on how you think it was invented. Then do research and write a brief summary* of how it was actually created.
• Identify a learning toy/game company/inventor that you admire and learn about their creative/inventive process and marketing strategy. Then use that process to develop your own learning centered toy or game* and the branding for it. Then clearly illustrate* how you used the process to develop your product.
• Analyze at least 10 strategies of brainstorming, creation, and invention, Then create your own strategy* for creating toys or games for learning, and open source share* your strategy.
• Create a new tool and/or scale* for evaluating the positive impact on the world different learning products have. Then evaluate the ‘top’ 30-50 products on the market with this scale. Finally, using the same criteria as a guideline, create a new learning prodct* that scores very well on the scale and get it on the market.

TEACHING VALUES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CREATIVITY

• In a group, discuss* creativity and what it means to you, expressing whether or not you think it should be considered a value, and how much you value it and why.
• Talk about* creativity and what it means to you, expressing whether or not you think it should be considered a value and how much you value it and why.
• Make an artistic representation* that shows what creativity means to you and how valuable creativity is or is not to you.
• Write a 1 to 3 page essay* describing 5 creative/new ways of being free in different spheres of life (relationships, work, recreation, etc.) Include at least 3 examples that demonstrate each.
• Create a simulation model* of any kind that represents the interconnection of similarities and differences in values in a sphere you like. (within a couple, in a work environment, in nature, etc.)
  
• Do research and make a presentation* for a group of people to explain how nature creatively handles variety in the world, and include what you learn that could be valuable to others.
• Explore the essence of creativity realized through each of your core values and create an open source guide* that teaches others specific exercises that they can develop creativity through also developing those values.