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    • Welcome Back - Rhythm, But Not Blues
    • It's All About Having a Growth Mindset
    • This I Believe
    • Recording History as it is Happening
    • The Cost of Conformity
    • The Giver
    • The Reading Mindset
  • Second Quarter
    • Themes in the novel THE GIVER
    • For Everyone by Jason Reynolds
    • Fig Lang (Figurative Language)
    • What do we do with a difference?
    • Amanda Gorman, Poet Laureate
  • Third Quarter
    • What do we do with a difference?
    • Literary Allusions
    • Argument Writing
    • In-text Citations
  • Fourth Quarter
    • The Scorpio Races
    • Writing & Performing a MONOLOGUE
    • Me, Myself, and My Gender
    • Themes in Literature
    • Innovating to Solve Real-World Problems
    • The Design Thinking Process
  • Book Club & Socratic Seminar
  • One Community; Six Words
    • North Olmsted's African American History
    • North Olmsted's First Settlers from CT and VT
    • North Olmsted's Geologic & Natural History
    • North Olmsted's Native People
    • North Olmsted's Veterans
    • North Olmsted's Women
  • Conducting Research Like a Boss
  • The Three Types of Irony
  • The Cost of Conformity
  • Home
  • First Quarter
    • Welcome Back - Rhythm, But Not Blues
    • It's All About Having a Growth Mindset
    • This I Believe
    • Recording History as it is Happening
    • The Cost of Conformity
    • The Giver
    • The Reading Mindset
  • Second Quarter
    • Themes in the novel THE GIVER
    • For Everyone by Jason Reynolds
    • Fig Lang (Figurative Language)
    • What do we do with a difference?
    • Amanda Gorman, Poet Laureate
  • Third Quarter
    • What do we do with a difference?
    • Literary Allusions
    • Argument Writing
    • In-text Citations
  • Fourth Quarter
    • The Scorpio Races
    • Writing & Performing a MONOLOGUE
    • Me, Myself, and My Gender
    • Themes in Literature
    • Innovating to Solve Real-World Problems
    • The Design Thinking Process
  • Book Club & Socratic Seminar
  • One Community; Six Words
    • North Olmsted's African American History
    • North Olmsted's First Settlers from CT and VT
    • North Olmsted's Geologic & Natural History
    • North Olmsted's Native People
    • North Olmsted's Veterans
    • North Olmsted's Women
  • Conducting Research Like a Boss
  • The Three Types of Irony
  • The Cost of Conformity

Imagine the Possibilities:
​Innovating to Solve Real-World Problems

Unit: Innovating to Solve
​Real-World  Problems

Below you will find ten different Blendspaces.  Each Blendspace represents one of the real-world problems you may explore on your way to creating an innovation of your own.  Each Blendspace is introduced by topic and essential question.  Know this:  we merely collected a few samples of resources for each topic.  There is always so much more to learn, and as you zero in on a topic that interests you, you may find that you need to look beyond .

TOPIC: Innovation and Human Health

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we innovate to improve human health?

TOPIC: Innovation and Technology

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we innovate technology to improve our lives?

TOPIC: Innovation and Enabling People with Disabilities

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we innovate to improve the lives of people with disabilities?

TOPIC: Innovation and Safety

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How can we innovate to keep people safe?

TOPIC: Innovation and Feeding the World

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How can we innovate to feed the world?

TOPIC: Innovation and Transportation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we innovate transportation to get anyone anywhere at anytime? 

TOPIC: Innovation and Building Community

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we innovate to build community? 

TOPIC: Innovation and COVID-19

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How can we innovate to fight COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)?

TOPIC: Innovation and the Environment

 ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How can we innovate to protect the environment?

TOPIC: Innovation and Entertainment

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How can we innovate in the fields of entertainment, sports, and the arts?