Pasta and Marshmallow Tower.

Applying the traits of an innovator

Purpose: We have been investigating innovators and innovation. We have discovered that innovators have special traits that help them to be leaders in their fields. We also discovered that we share many of the same traits.

The five traits that I think I share in common with innovators are: Collaborative Passionate Determined Competitive Challenging

I think the most important traits of an innovator that we identified are: Because….. Collaboration Communication Critical thinking Creativity Problem solving Effective Empathy

We applied our skills to a group technology challenge- “The leaning tower of pasta”. Success criteria: Build the tallest freestanding tower using only 40 small marshmallows and half a packet of spaghetti pasta. Construct it within the 20 minute time frame. Only use the materials supplied

How did we use our individual traits in our group: We had good communication and we got through our problems.

Next time we could try: Try different shapes.