Design students desire to practice research at an advanced level, which means becoming familiar with the variety of methods in current use. Benchmarking existing techniques, however, reveals at least sixty— too many for beginners to effectively understand. In addition, there is no fixed set of methods for studying all design problems. Certain methods work best to uncover certain types of knowledge. How will students know which tools are appropriate for their project? We help students navigate this complexity by familiarizing them with a selection of generative tools that best reflects the range of current practice. From that point, students can explore the rest and begin to create their own.