Synectics
Take an object and use synectics
to create 6 versions of it.
The term Synectics comes from the Greek word synectikos which means "bringing forth together" or "bringing different things into unified connection."
For Synectics information: (another teacher's unit)
http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/custom_pages/Inst_Technology/Main/HS/Art/Design%20Synectics/introdesignsynectics.htm
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synectics
Trigger Questions for Synectics
SUBTRACT ADD TRANSFER EMPATHIZE ANIMATE
SUPERIMPOSE CHANGE SCALE SUBSTITUTE FRAGMENTATE
ISOLATE DISTORT DISGUISE CONTRADICT
PARODY PREVARICATE ANALOGIZE HYBRIDIZE
METAMORPHOSE SYMBOLIZE MYTHOLOGIZE FANTASIZE
REPEAT COMBINE
You will:
Draw it
Simplify it
Melt it
Animate it
Hybridize it
Change it's scale and purpose
