A high school science teacher used the Menu of Changes as a way to get students to think-up a variation on experiments that they were performing. They were, without realizing it, able to invent hypotheses. At the university I head up a master's degree program in Design and Creativity for practicing teachers of all subjects and grade levels. I also teach designers interested in teaching and general education students from such diverse fields as accounting, math, science, physical education and elementary education. All of them seem to be able to relate easily to the notion of building a city, whether it is for designing bookkeeping systems of the future, redesigning physical education activities or designing physical structures.
Teachers are very good designers.
I find that once they identify their skill as a designer they find many ways to instigate the design process, to turn a lesson backward and to get students to find uses for their own Menu of Changes. Reconnecting learners with their innate ability to create, to design alone or in groups, is a powerful tool for preparing students for the future.