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Date____________________
INVENTION BRAINSTORM WORKSHEET
Identify needs in your life Conduct a survey and interview at least 3 people including yourself, to identify what problems need
solutions or improvements. Please use the following table.
People interviewed
Yourself
Questions about inventions/
tools/ ideas
What is something that does not
work well at home?
What job could be improved or
make easier?
What is something that does not
work well at school?
What is something that does not
work well…in the grocery
store? The city streets? At
restaurants?
What tools or products don’t
work as well as you would like
them to?
If you could invent something
to make your life easier, what
would you invent?
For this problem
I could invent
TEST YOUR IDEAS
Use the flow chart below to “test” your idea to see if it is suitable for this project.
IS MY IDEA PRACTICAL?
No. Start over.
Yes. Continue.
IS IT EASY TO MAKE?
No. Start over.
Yes. Continue.
IS IT SAFE?
No. Start over.
Yes. Continue
IS IT AFFORDABLE?
No. Start over.
Yes. Continue.
IS MY IDEA REALLY NEW?
No. Start over.
Yes. Continue to the Record Your Invention.
RECORD YOUR INVENTION
1) I will invent a(n)________________________________________________________________________________________
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2) What made you decide on this invention?____________________________________________________________________
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3) What would you expect will be the biggest challenge in creating your invention?_____________________________________
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