Materials: Pair of scissors,5 paper clips P/team member. Piece of cardboard 22" square marked as diagram.
Problem: Use the card board to build structure. Make the structure as tall as possible. You may cut the cardboard any way you wish, but only on the existing lines.
Materials: Paper cups, string, various selected household items (paper clips, straw corks, etc)
Problem: Create a music group...then perform a tune.
Planning time:Five minutes.
Materials: 1-12' balloon, 2-8 oz. plastic glasses, 5 toothpicks, 10 minimarshmallows, 3 pennies, 2 fingers on one (either right or left) Hand-Ex. Thumb & pointer or pointer & small finger-any combination
Problem: Team has a total of 3 minutes to construct or form an idea of how to hold the 2 glasses in the air.The glasses may not be changed or mutilated in any way.
Scoring: Will be based on how far apart the glasses are held and how long they can be held in the air without touching anything but the materials provided. Bonus points given for creativity of solution and for teamwork.
Materials:5 magazines
Problem: Each team member will be given a magazine. They will have three minutes to find and tear out pictures or phrases. At the end of the 3 minutes they will have to explain how they are related to OM.
Materials: 2 rubber bands, 3 sheets 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" typing paper,
2 paper clips. 2 popsicle sticks, several postage labels with adhesive.
Problem: Teams get 1 minute to think and 3 minutes to construct a paper airplane that will be thrown or propelled. Points are awarded for creativity and for the distance they traveled. The plane must land within an area shaped like a 40 degrees pie slice.
MATERIALS: 6 PAPER CUPS, 4 PAPERCLIPS, 1 RUBBERBAND, 1 POP CAN, A SMALL PIECE OF MATERIAL, 2 ENVELOPES
PROBLEM: BUILD A ROOM IN A HOUSE AND DESCRIBE IT
MATERIALS: ENVELOPES WITH- 5 RUBBER BANDS, 8 PAPER REINFORCEMENT RINGS, 8-1/2" X 11" PIECE OF PAPER,5 DRINKING STRAWS, 4 TOOTHPICKS, 2 PAPER CLIPS, 10 SMALL STICKEEY LABELS AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS. THE ENVELOPE CAN BE USED IN THE SOLUTION
PROBLEM: THE AIM IS TO ASSEMBLE ITEMS INTO THE LONGEST CONTINIOUS "ROPE" POSSIBLE, STRECHING FROM PERSON A TO B TO C TO D.
MATERIALS: 3 STRAWS, 10 POPSICLE STICKS, 1 MARBLE, 3 STYROFOAM CUPS, A TURKEY BASTER, 7 MARSHMALLOWS, 10 INCH STRING, 2 PIECES OF CHALK, LARGE ALUMINIUM OR PLASTIC WASH TUB, WATER
SETUP: FILL TUB WITH WATER, FLOAT 3 STYROFOAM CUPS
PROBLEM: CONSTRUCT SOMETHING TO TRANSPORT THE MARBLE ACROSS THE TUB OF WATER. YOUR TEAM WILL SCORE 5 POINTS FOR EVERY 2 INCHES YOUR MARBLE MAKES IS TRANSPORTED. WE WILL DEDUCT 2 POINTS EVERY TIME YOUR VEHICLE HITS A STYROFOAM CUP. YOU MAY USE ANY OF THE MATERIALS TO TRANSPORT THE MARBLE. YOU MAY NOT TOUCH THE VEHICLE WHICH TRANSPORTS THE MARBLE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MATERIALS: 1 BALLON, 12 PAPER CLIPS, 1 SHEET CONSTRUCTION PAPER, 4 FOOT OF STRING, 1 STRAW, 1 PACKAGE OF TAPE, 1 EGG.
PROBLEM: THE TEAM WILL BUILD A STRUCTURE TO TRANSPORT THE EGG From POINT A TO POINT B (3 FEET) WITHOUT TOUCHING THE DEVICE AFTER IT LEAVES POINT A.
SCORING: 1-25 PTS - DISTINCE; 25 POINTS - NOT BREAKING EGG;
1-25 POINTS CREATIVITY OF DEVICE
(STRUCTURE AND PROPULSION);
1-25 POINTS - TEAMWORK
PROBLEM: TEAM MEMBERS MUST CREATE A MACHINE (POPCORN POPPER, VACUUM, ETC.) ALL FIVE TEAMMATES MUST FORM THE MACHINE. ONLY MACHINE LIKE SOUNDS MAY BE USED.