Given: One soda can, 5 dried beans, a belt, one piece tin foil, a ruler, one piece paper and a pencil.
Blindfold 2 team members. The remaining team members must direct the 2 blindfolded team members to place colored ping-pong balls into numbered cans. You may use only the materials given to direct the team members and you may not talk. You will be given instructions as to which color balls go into which cans after your 3 minutes practice time.
You will have 5 minutes to perform your problem. You win receive 10 points for every ball in the correct can, and 5 points taken off for every ball in the incorrect can.
Practice Real
White balls- can #1 Red balls - can #1
Black balls - can #2 Blue balls - can #2
Blue balls - can #3 White balls - can #3
Red balls - can #4 Purple balls -can #4
Purple balls - can #5 Black balls - can #5
Coach/Judge's note: Use about 10 balls of each color. Place the balls in piles according to color, and cans in numerical order. Give team practice instructions for the first 3 minutes and the real instructions for the 5 minute time period.
Given: Five straws, one sheet paper, one plastic fork, one soda can and 2 mailing labels
Make a device to propel a rubber band to a target 3 feet away.
Given: An eraser, juice box, paper plate, 3 straws, 1 oz. of Playdough, one pencil
Line up 6 empty pop cans in this formation:
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From 4 feet away, knock over the cans using only the
materials provided. No body parts may be used.
Given: Two pans, 2 small paper plates, a few sheets of paper, 2 straws, a rubber band, scissors and tape.
Your mission is to build a catapult that will throw 3" x 3" pieces of
paper that are crumpled up. You have 10 minutes to plan, (you may talk and look through the materials given) and five minutes to build and test.
Scoring: -25 points if catapult fails, 2 points per every inch the paper moves. Maximum 15 points for creativity and aesthetics.
Given: Two paper plates, 20 toothpicks, 5 drinking straws, 2 plastic forks, 10 paper clips, marbles, 1 foot masking tape and poster clay.
"Flying Saucer" - nonverbal. The problem is to suspend or elevate a paper plate above a table and put marbles on the plate without having them fall off.
You will have 3 minutes think time when the team is allowed to talk, 5 minutes to construct and 2 minutes to put marbles on - no talking during part 2 & 3 but other communication is allowed. Scoring: 2 points for each inch the plate is above the table, 5 points for each marble on the plate.
Five team members are outside a room. Four members go inside and one waits outside, blindfolded. The four members inside the room remove one shoe and place it in a pile of other miscellaneous shoes in the center of the room. The judge(s) will mix up the pile of shoes. The fifth team member is then led into the room. The four team members line up in a row, sitting with their feet out in front of them, approximately 7 ft. from the pile of shoes. You are then given 3 minutes for the blindfolded member to match up the right shoe to the right person.
The blindfolded member may not touch the shoes that are still on the other four members. You are not allowed to talk during the 3 minutes, and the four seated members cannot get up and physically guide the blindfolded member. You have 2 minutes to devise a communication system and 3 minutes to carry out the task. You will be given 5 points for every shoe that is pulled out of the pile that belongs to a team member, and 5 points for every correctly matched shoe.
Maximum - 40 points.
Given: Ten popsicle sticks, 3 pipe cleaners, a ball of clay, 3 clothspins and a 12" piece of tape.
Build a bridge that will extend over a 9" x 12" piece of blue paper. Using match box cars, you will receive 20 points for each car supported by the bridge. You can receive 1-10 points for team work and 1-20 points for the creativity of the bridge structure.
Given: A full set of dominos.
Create a three dimensional figure using a full set of Dominos. All Dominos must be used and like numbered sides must touch.
Given: One 1/8" x 1/8" x 10" stick of balsa wood, 2 band-aids,
one paper clip and 6 glass marbles .
Using only the given materials and without touching the marbles, get the marbles across a 2 foot square without going inside the square. You have one minute to think and 2 minutes to solve the problem.
Given: Aluminum foil, mouse trap, 4 ft. of string, play dough, birthday candle, 8 x 12 piece of paper, 2 paper cups, 2 pie tins and a stick.
Using the materials given you must extinguish the birthday candle (you cannot blow it out). You must use the mouse trap and candle in the solution. The candle must be 3 feet away from the mouse trap. A judge will light the candle. You have 3 minute to build and test and one minute to demonstrate.