Chindogu (a useless invention)

Speaking exercise

Describe a Chindogu!

First year students vmbo-t / havo

Here is a photo of Chindogu.

What is Chindogu?

A Chindogu is the Japanese word for ideas that first look like the perfect solution to a problem. 

However, the user of the inventions soon discovers that their use poses more problems than it actually solves.

What is an invention?

Make a list of the best 5 inventions.
Explain why they are the best and what has changed since the invention?

An invention is the act of bringing ideas and objects together in a new way to create something that did not exist before. 

In this exercise we need the following:

Internet, to look for pictures of Chindogu

App Kidsdoodle, you can draw in the app. 

First I will explain 3 Chindogu inventions and you draw them on your app. 

Download the following app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doodlejoy.studio.kidsdoojoy

You can start drawing right away!

I will give an example first and then you can try 2 times to draw a picture of the Chindogu.

I will describe the Chindogu and you will draw it in the app KidsDoodle. Like this picture. These ladies shoes have umbrellas, so my feet do not get wet.

Here is the drawing of the Chindogu, I made it in  the app Kids Doodle. 

Now I will describe a Chindogu and you try to draw it!

This machine looks like a big coffee mug and you can use it to make butter into spaghetti. By turning the bottom like a pepper mill. Describe in your own words how you can use this invention? 

This helmet has 4 lights on it, so you can see in the dark and others can see you very well. Would you use this invention and when would you use it?

- Now you, draw your own Chindogu or look for pictures on the internet. 

-Work in pairs and describe your Chindogu to your classmate and how the invention is used. 

-The other listens and tries to draw the invention. 

Made by Harriët van Meijel

HAN Nijmegen 2022