• The ability to develop and use a wide range of idea creation techniques
• The ability to elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate my ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts

Elementary School

• play with ideas to create something new and different
• take chances and question the world around me
• learn from my mistakes
• notice problems and consider multiple solutions

Middle School

• intentionally interact with ideas to generate something new
• develop questions to drive my learning
• view my mistake as a process of learning
• notice problems and test multiple solutions

High School

• formulate and refine original ideas through the creative process
• notice problems and generate questions that lead to creation
• reflect upon failure and utilize it as a tool to improve
• recognize that I can be part of a solution