TRIZ Textbooks:  CID Course for Children, 2-2W3
Methods of Solving Problems
Topic 3.  "... Sledge, Go Home By Yourself!" 
  (Ideality)
Fantasy City:
Course of Creative Imagination Development (CID), 2nd Grade, 2nd Semester, Children Workbook
Natalia V. Rubina, 1998 [published in Russian]
English translation by Irina Dolina, May 4, 2001
Technical Editing by Toru Nakagawa, September 3, 2001
Published in this "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" in English on Sept. 11, 2001 under the permission of the Author. 
(C) N.V.Rubina, I. Dolina, T. Nakagawa, 2001

 
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Methods of Solving Problems

Topic 3. "... Sledge, Go Home By Yourself!"
(Ideality)

Guide-Book


      The long road goes far away… Different people travel along it: wanders, horsemen, travelers on the carts.  Suddenly they come across a stone, lying in the middle of the road.  It is huge.  How did it get here?  The people on foot can go round it, and the horses can pass it even easier.  But for those, who travel by cart, the stone presents a problem: it’s impossible to go further – the stone is in the middle of the road and it is impossible to pass it over.  What should be done?

Problem 12. [Problem 15 of the Guide Book] A young mother has lots of problems.  If her baby is sick, she is upset and worried – everything goes upside down.  The baby cries.  The mother has to give him the medicine.  Without looking at the bottle, she pours out the medicine and gives it to the baby from a spoon.  Some time later the baby calms down.  Everything is fine, but the mother is worried by the fact that he sleeps so long.
     It turned out that in haste the mother mixed up the bottles and gave to the baby a strong sleeping medicine.  This time the baby was saved, but it could have had a tragic end.
     Those accidents are not rare.  Often such cases are typical for the old people, especially, if the medicine has to be taken at night.
     A pharmaceutical company decided to announce a contest for better decoration of a bottle for keeping poison.  So, your assignment is to design a bottle for poison.
 

If ……………………………………………………………,
then  (+) …………………………………………………….,
but  (--)  ……………………………………………………..

 ………………………………must be …………………………..,
          in order to……………………………………..,
 and must be not ……………………………………….,
         in order to ...............................................................

................... by itself ............................................................


      Solution:

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Problem 13.  [Problem 16 of the Guide Book]  It’s spring.  The farmers are preparing the potatoes for planting, but on the field since last year a pest- nematoda – is hidden.  In their cocoons they can wait more than a year, and when they feel the potato smell, they will get out and reach their dainty food – potato.  The fields can be tilled with chemicals, but the pest can adjust itself to them.  Besides, it is for people and animals.  What could be done?
 

If ……………………………………………………………,
then  (+) …………………………………………………….,
but  (--)  ……………………………………………………..

 ………………………………must be …………………………..,
          in order to……………………………………..,
 and must be not ……………………………………….,
         in order to ...............................................................

................... by itself ............................................................


      Solution:

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Guide-Book


Lesson 2
 

IFR:  Ideal Final Result.
1.  The system eliminates (–) by itself, preserving (+).
2.  The system performs many functions.
3.  There is no system, but the functions are being performed.

     Your examples:

  1. _______________________________________________________
  2. _______________________________________________________
  3. _______________________________________________________

Problem 14.  [Problem 17 of the Guide Book]   When Neznaika got a magic wand, one day he made a serious mistake: he turned a passer-by whom he came across in the street into a donkey.  Trying to correct his mistake, he went to the Zoo (where the donkey had been put), but unexpectedly he found out that there were three donkeys in the cage.  How to find the right one?   His friend Sloven Particolored was nudging him: Turn them – we’ll sort it out later.  As a result, Sunny City got three malicious hooligans.  What did he have to do?
 
If ……………………………………………………………,
then  (+) …………………………………………………….,
but  (--)  ……………………………………………………..

 ………………………………must be …………………………..,
          in order to……………………………………..,
 and must be not ……………………………………….,
         in order to ...............................................................

................... by itself ............................................................


      Solution:

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Problem 15.  [Problem 18 of the Guide Book]  To make a dress from a multicolored fabric, one has to change all the time the spools on the sewing machine, otherwise the color of the thread would show on the fabric.  But the work of a seamstress is hindered if the spools are changed often.  What is to be done?
If ……………………………………………………………,
then  (+) …………………………………………………….,
but  (--)  ……………………………………………………..

 ………………………………must be …………………………..,
          in order to……………………………………..,
 and must be not ……………………………………….,
         in order to ...............................................................

................... by itself ............................................................


      Solution:

__________________________________________________




Guide-Book
Lesson 3

Project "Ideal Desk"


      What is the desk for ?
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      Single out contradictions:
 
  1. ____________________________________________

  2. ____________________________________________
  3. ____________________________________________

  4. ____________________________________________
  5. ____________________________________________

  6. ____________________________________________
     IFR:
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     Solutions:

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 Draw a picture of an ideal desk.

 
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