Design Thinking & Innovation

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Solving problems for people
• The five steps
• Famous design stories

🎬 Animated demo

An idea travels through all five design-thinking steps.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Spot a problem at school
• Five-steps poster

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Listening and observing
• Interviews
• Walking in someone’s shoes

🎬 Animated demo

See a problem through a grandparent’s eyes.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Interview a family member
• Empathy map

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Finding the real problem
• Writing a problem statement
• How might we…?

🎬 Animated demo

A fuzzy complaint becomes a clear problem statement.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Problem statement practice
• How-might-we questions

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Brainstorming rules
• Wild ideas welcome
• Choosing the best ideas

🎬 Animated demo

Vote for brainstormed ideas and watch the best one rise to the top.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• 10 ideas in 10 minutes
• Idea voting

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Quick drawings
• Labels and arrows
• Storyboards

🎬 Animated demo

A rough idea becomes a clear labelled sketch.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Sketch your invention
• Storyboard how it’s used

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Cardboard and clay models
• Fail fast, learn fast
• Digital prototypes

🎬 Animated demo

A cardboard model is built in minutes.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Cardboard prototype
• Paper app prototype

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Testing with real users
• Asking good questions
• Learning from feedback

🎬 Animated demo

Users try the prototype and share what works.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• User test session
• Feedback grid

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Iterating
• Version 1, 2, 3…
• Knowing when it’s good enough

🎬 Animated demo

A prototype improves version after version.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Improve your prototype
• Version history poster

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Stories of Indian and world inventors
• Failures before success
• Everyday inventions

🎬 Animated demo

Travel through inventions that changed the world.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Inventor fact file
• Invention timeline

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Roles in a team
• Sharing ideas respectfully
• Solving disagreements

🎬 Animated demo

A team combines different ideas into one strong solution.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• Team role cards
• Group build challenge

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Problem, solution, impact
• One-minute pitch
• Confident presenting

🎬 Animated demo

An idea becomes a short, powerful pitch.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• One-minute pitch video
• Pitch poster

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Pick a real problem
• Go through all steps
• Present your innovation

🎬 Animated demo

A real problem is solved from empathy to final pitch.

🛠️ Project & application ideas

• School problem solver
• Community innovation (final project)