Here is the list of brainstorm topics we developed for fourth period.
~how to make a cootie catcher--too many people already know
~how to make an origami lotus
~how to draw something -- not specific enough
~how to surf--break it down & be specific: You must be able to teach someone who doesn't know anything about it, and doesn't have a natural "gift" for it.
~how to do a french manicure -- is there enough interest?
~how to play a board game that not many people are familiar with
~how to make cake decorations ex: fondant rose
~How to be a good first baseman
~how to run a specific football play
~how to prepare for golf -- needs to be more teachable & specific
~how to do specific basketball shots or plays
~how to play "Hot Cross Buns" on the saxophone
~how to tape a hockey stick -- not enough steps, teach us other hockey moves?
~how to make snow globe
~how to throw different kinds of pitches
~how/why people make paper cranes
~how to make the family marinara sauce -- make sure 10 steps
~how to filet a fish
~how to put shooting strings on a lacrosse stick
~how to build and launch a compressed air water bottle rocket
~how to make whoopee pies
~how to get an "A" in class--needs to focus this..an"A" in specific skill like vocabulary quiz, or essay
~how to ride a unicycle
