"A,B,C Nature Scavenger Hunt"
Send all team members outside. Split them into two groups. Give both teams 30 minutes to collect items, one for each letter of the alphabet. Score 3 points for the creative items and one point for common items.
Given: 3 mailing labels, 4 rubber bands, a 1 " cube of clay, 4 drinking straws, 100 pieces uncooked spaghetti, 2- 3" x 3" pieces of cardboard, 8 penny nails, a ruler and 12" of string. The problem is to build 2 structures at least 6" tall, each one supporting one of the 3" x 3" cardboard pieces. These two towers must then span a distance of at least 10". Eight minutes are allotted to build this bridge. After the 8 minutes expire, 8 penny nails are added to the span until the span or one of the towers collapses.
Scoring: 40 points for 2 towers 6" tall
5 bonus points for every 2" the towers exceed 6"
10 points if the span between the towers is at least 10"
5 bonus points for each additional 2" in the span
1 point for every nail the span supports
1/2 bonus point for every nail if the towers are 8"
1 bonus point for every nail if the towers are 10"
1/2 bonus point for every nail if the span is 12"
1 bonus point for every nail if the span is 14"
Given; 20 Legos and one plastic sandwich bag.
You team has 7 minutes to put all the Legos into the sandwich bag
without using your arms or legs.
Given: 4 straws, one sheet of paper, 5 paper clips, a piece of tape, scissors, 5 rubber bands, a stack of books and one small building block. The team is to design a ramp support by a stack of books that a small building block will slide down. You may not use your hands to make the block slide.
Given: One blank sheet of paper and magic markers.
Design a greeting card and write a verse for a new holiday.
Time limit is 10 minutes.
Given: One piece of paper and a crayon, pencil or marker.
A team member starts a picture in the first 10 seconds of time. Team members will consecutively draw for 10 seconds at a time adding to the previous team members' picture. No thinking time. Time limit is 4 minutes.
Given: 2 straws, masking tape, one ping pong ball, 1 piece paper, 1 paper plate, 1 blow dryer, Styrofoam cup with no bottom, toilet paper tube, paper towel tube, shoe box with no ends and a shoe box with ends.
Tape off a 4 ft. by 10 ft. area. Tape the Styrofoam cup, toilet paper tube, paper towel tube, and both shoe boxes inside the 4 x 10 area. The object is to create a way to move a ping pong ball using the other materials given through a series of tunnels and into the last shoe box placed at a corner without ever touching the ping pong ball or crossing the taped off rectangle. You have 3 minutes think time and two minutes solve time. No talking is allowed during the solve time.
Choose five team members and give them 5 minutes to discuss their favorite foods (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack or etc.). The team member must then form their favorite food using themselves while sharing what they are with the team
Given: One cork, 100 toothpicks, a 12" piece of duct tape, 4 pieces of 2" x 2" foam board,6 rubber bands, one piece of construction paper and an egg carton.
Use these materials to recreate a famous piece of art work.
Given: One egg carton, a key and a magic marker or labels.
Label the 12 holding cups in an egg carton with the marker into 12 categories (holidays, circus, school, movies, cities, animals, songs, etc.)Team members take turns tossing a key from 2 feet away into the egg carton. Whichever holding cup the key lands in determines the category that must be used to answer the question "What does this key open?"
ex: Movies - Key opens popcorn machine; opens entertainment, opens laughter, opens tears, opens surprise.