Game Plan 1)Apollo 13 Clips 2)Introduce Invention vs Innovation 3)Team Build Activity 4)Invention vs Innovation Q’s
Game Plan1) Apollo 13 Clips2) Introduce Invention vs Innovation3) Team Build Activity4) Invention vs Innovation Q’s
Apollo 13 Clips
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAmsi05P9Uw
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhoXFVQsIxw
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm5nUEG5Bjo
Invention vs Innovation
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Product Development
• Invention is the creation of a completely new product, method, or device. Businesses use inventions to create original solutions to meet consumer needs.
• Innovation is the change of an existing product to use new technology, items or processes.
Product Development
Market Research
Consumer Wants
Business Opportunity
Businesses will decide whether or not they can provide a product/service to satisfy their customers’
wants/needs
In your opinion, what was the most
important Canadian product ever
invented? Why?
According to CBC….
• Honourable Mentions– Instant Mash Potatoes– Paint Roller– Lacrosse– Snow blower– Walkie-Talkie– Basketball– Blackberry– Ski-doo
According to CBC…
Top 10 Canadian inventions:• 10. Poutine• 9. Electric Wheelchair• 8. Zipper• 7. Robertson screwdriver• 6. Pacemaker
The Top 5
• 5. Wonderbra• 4. Five pin bowling• 3. Light bulb• 2. Telephone• 1. Insulin
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/top-ten-innovations-of-the-year-1354186506-slideshow/10-mute-button-for-noisy-people-ever-dreamed-of-having-a-remote-control-to-shut-someone-up-now-photo-1270167670.html
Top 10 Inventions of 2012
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Product Development
• There are more innovators than inventors.• Innovators look at ways to improve on existing
products, methods or devices.
Let’s Review
Invention = MADE
Innovation = IMPROVED
Group Build
• Get in groups of four• You are a product development team for a
struggling corporation. The chief executive officer has asked that you come up with a prototype for a product that either teenagers wish was better or wish they had.
• You have 30 Minutes• Invent or Innovate