Unit 2 · Lesson 3• 26 min
Brainstorming and Narrowing
Today's lesson
BrainstormingandNarrowing
Good topics rarely arrive fully formed
Quick Check
1. What is the goal of the initial brainstorming stage?
2. True or False?
"A topic that fails two or more narrowing criteria should generally be cut from consideration."
3. Why does genuine personal curiosity matter as a tiebreaker between similarly-scoring topics?
Answer all 3 questions to check.
A challenge round will appear here shortly.
Takeaway
Generate broadly, then narrow using concrete criteria rather than picking the first idea that comes to…