Inside the cabinet are things often used
in DIN. Every DINer knows that you must have duct tape to hold
everything from costumes to scenery together!
Entry Level Challenge:
1. The team has one minute to think and
two minutes to respond. They may ask questions but it will count
against their thinking time. They may not talk to each other
at any time. One point for common, three for creative. Your problem
is: We know you LOVE duct tape! You must pass around a roll of
duct tape, in turn, and say what the most creative thing that
you can do with duct tape.
(Coaches: Try this challenge once. Go do another problem or activity,
then come back to this challenge. This time, inform the team
that you will accept NO common answers! Encourage the team to
be as wild and bizarre as their imaginations will carry them.)
Advanced Level Challenge:
1. This is a three-part challenge. The cabinet holds duct tape,
toothpicks, yarn, labels, scissors, and a bottle of something.
What's in that bottle anyway???
In Part 1, your team has one minute to
brainstorm ideas of what is in this bottle. In Part 2, using
the material in the cabinet and (25 toothpicks, 3" of duct
tape, 12" of yarn, 2 mailing labels, and a pair of scissors)
and a lot of imagination, what can you create that will detect
what is in the bottle? You will have three minutes to build your
device. As part of this time, you will tell the judges you have
named this device.
Finally, in Part 3, your team will have
two minutes to demonstrate the use of your device by the non-verbal
use of mime. Your team will be scored 1-10 on your creative idea
from Part 1. You will be scored 1-20 on the creativity of your
device and use of imagination. In Part 3, you will be scored
1-25 for your demonstration. Additionally, you will be scored
1-15 for how well your team worked together.
(Coaches: In Parts 1 & 2, encourage cooperative dialog.
Are the team members learning each other's strengths? Are they
learning to listen to each other? After doing the problem, allow
the team to brainstorm alternate uses for the materials. Did
they plan their mime demonstration? Practice a variety of ways
to demonstrate doing a task.)
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