# STEM Save The Planet Invention | Creative Problem Solving Scenario | No-prep **Price:** $4.50 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** year3, year4, year5, year6 **Subjects:** designAndTechnologies, humanitiesAndSocialSciences, science ## Description (seller-submitted) A high-engagement, low-prep creative thinking activity that encourages students to solve real-world problems. This open-ended thinking activity encourages creative thinking, critical thinking, problem solving, and reflection — all within a structured, easy-to-use lesson. Save The Planet Invention is an engaging global problem-solving scenario where students design an invention to help protect the planet. Students must think creatively, justify their ideas, and refine their solutions while working through meaningful environmental challenges. There is no single correct answer — just powerful thinking. What Students Will Do Students will: ✔ Invent something that helps save the planet ✔ Choose a real-world environmental problem ✔ Design how their invention works ✔ Explain how their idea solves a problem ✔ Improve their invention when new challenges appear ✔ Create an advertisement or pitch ✔ Reflect on their thinking This structured thinking sequence helps students generate ideas, justify decisions, and refine solutions. Why Teachers Love This Resource ✔ High engagement ✔ Low prep ✔ Flexible implementation ✔ Real-world learning ✔ Encourages discussion and collaboration ✔ Promotes deeper thinking ✔ Works across subjects What’s Included ✔ Engaging scenario introduction ✔ Creative & critical thinking challenge ✔ Real-world constraints to deepen thinking ✔ Plan & create design prompts ✔ Explain-your-thinking questions ✔ Problem-solving extension scenario ✔ Persuasive extension challenge ✔ Reflection prompts ✔ Teacher notes and implementation ideas ✔ Curriculum Alignment (AU, US, UK) ✔ Differentiation suggestions ✔ Extension and enrichment ideas Skills Developed Students develop: • Creative thinking • Critical thinking • Problem solving • Reasoning and justification • Reflection and metacognition • Real-world thinking skills Flexible & Easy to Use Use this resource as: • Whole-class thinking launch • Small group collaboration • Independent thinking task • STEM or inquiry les… [truncated] --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/6a114845-9599-4d9e-a352-f401317558c8 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au