Objectify

Have students find a way to apply the same common object to each of the SCAMPER ideas.

Example:

Substitute: Use a plate as a frisbee.

Combine: Glue a tonge depressor to the plate and pretend it's a sucker.

Adapt: Fold several creases into the plate and use it to fan yourself.

Modify / Minify / Magnify

Modify: Make dimples in the plate by hitting it with an object repeatedly (i.e. ruler).

Minify: Make the plate smaller by cutting away some of it's circumference.

Magnify: Make the plate thicker by stapling two together.

Put to other uses: Use the plate as a base.

Eliminate: Cut out a hole in the center of the plate.

Rearrange / Reverse

Rearrange: Fold the plate in half.

Reverse: Turn the plate inside out.

Creative movement

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