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Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: Understanding Misunderstandings

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Provided are three activities that help students develop communication skills by using creative experimentation.
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Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: Healthy Humor

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will enjoy these activities that promote a "Pro-Laughter" campaign using their creativity while exploring the physical and emotional effects of laughing.
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Creative Thinking With Leonardo Da Vinci

For Students 9th - 10th
By looking at one of history's greatest geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci, this site shows you how you can help your own creative thinking.
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Creative Thinking With Brainstorming

For Students 9th - 10th
Brainstorming has long been a useful tool for the development of new ideas. This article explains what brainstorming is and ways you can use it to enhance your own creative thinking skills.
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Creative Thinking With Fake i.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Jumpstart your creative thinking by using the idea of choosing a fake identity for yourself. Taking on a new persona can help free your mind to think in a whole different way.
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Creative Thinking With Notebooking

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that the notebook you carry around can be a useful tool to help stimulate your creative thinking? This site shows you that by simply jotting down your ideas as they come to you can strengthen your creative process.
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Creative Thinking With Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
As a master inventor Thomas Edison used many techniques that helped him with his creative ideas. Learn how you can apply some of his techniques to yourself to aid you in your own creative inventiveness.
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Creative Thinking With Buckminster Fuller

For Students 9th - 10th
Buckminster Fuller was a very successful and creative genius. Learn the strategies and techniques he used to foster his creativity and learn how to apply them to yourself.
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Mycoted: Creativity Techniques an a to Z

For Students 9th - 10th
A large assortment of various creative techniques that can be used to help spark your creative thinking skills. Listed in alphabetical order, each technique has a brief article describing its process and how it can be used.
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Creative Thinking: In Business and Elsewhere

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Creative thinking has several components. This article briefly explains what each of the components are and provides some ideas on how to make them work for you.
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Creating Minds: Age and Creativity

For Students 9th - 10th
According to this article, when we are young we have our greatest creative potential. As we grow older our creativity declines. Discussed here is how to stay creative as we get older.
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Creating Minds: Creating a Creative Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Written from a business perspective, this sites ideas about creating a creative atmosphere can easily be adapted to any classroom.
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Creating Minds: Myths About Creativity

For Students 9th - 10th
Creative thinking is an important skill needed in the schools and workplace today. However, many people believe they are not able to be creative. This site sets out to dispell the myths about creativity.
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Creating Minds: Lateral Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
There are several methods that can help develop creative thinking skills. This site explains what a few of those methods are and how they can help you think more creatively.
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Creating Minds: Synectics

For Students 9th - 10th
There are many techniques that can help to develop creative thinking skills. One of those techniques is called synectics. This site explains what synectics is and how it works.
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Duke University: Developing Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A brief yet informative article about how parents can foster creativity within their children. Listed are five things you can do to encourage your children to be more creative.
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Duke Tip: Fostering Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
It's never too late to foster creativity in children. This article provides some advice on how to nurture creativity in children.
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Duke University: Myths, Legends, and Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Resource dispels the myths often associated with creativity and counterbalances them with the reality of what creative behaviors are. (Published June 30, 2006)
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Schoolzone: Developing Creative Thought

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A good article discussing the importance of developing creative thought. Throughout the article are examples of how to incorporate strategies that promote creativity in your students.
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Thinking Skills in Education: Methods to Improve Problem Solving

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Containing many resources for further reading about thinking skills, this site provides a lot of good information about how to improve problem solving.
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Post Gazette: Creativity Trumps Analytical Skills in New Economy, Expert Says

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In an ever growing trend towards teaching 21st-century skills, it is more and more evident that creative thinking skills are as important as ever in the workplace. This article discusses the role arts education must have in the...
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Creativity Trumps Analytical Skills in New Economy, Expert Says

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In an ever growing trend towards teaching 21st-century skills, it is more and more evident that creative thinking skills are as important as ever in the workplace. This article discusses the role of arts education must have in the...
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Improve Your Creative Thinking by Drawing Mind Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
One way to help your creative process is to use mind maps. This article provides information about mind mapping and how it can help you discover new connections you may otherwise never have seen.
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District Administration: Without Boundaries

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Technology is becoming more and more of an integral part of arts education. This article discusses how technology can enhance arts education by helping students explore their own creative talents.