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Hands-on
Verbal
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Hands-on problems - pg. 2 |
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| Given: 9 whole pencils. See how many equal triangles you can form. Given: 20 marshmallows, 50 toothpicks. Build the tallest structure possible in 5 minutes. Given: clear lidded container full of pre-counted dry beans, two small paper cups, one plastic cup, one ruler, one piece of paper, one pencil. The team will have three minutes to solve this problem. The solution may be discussed with teammates at any time, however, questions to the judge will be answered only in the first minute. The problem is to count or estimate the beans in the jar. Up to 10 extra points will be awarded for teamwork and the creativity of the solution Given: 20 toothpicks, 1 foot long piece of masking tape, 1/4 can of Play-dough, 1 piece of paper, 4 straws, 4 paper clips, 1 roll of pennies. You must build a structure at least 10 inches tall. You must use a team created container that sits on top of the structure. It must hold weight in pennies. The more pennies, the more points. Given: 1 straw, 1 ft. string, 1 mailing label, 1 paper clip, tennis balls, 1 rubber band, 1 toothpick, 1 ballpoint pen, 1 popsicle stick. You have 2 minutes to build and test something that can catch a tennis ball thrown by a team member from a distance of 15 feet. At the end of the planning and building time, choose one person to pitch and one person to catch the balls that are not caught by the device constructed. The team has an additional 2 minutes to successfully catch 3 balls. Given: 50 straws, 1 block of clay. With 2 minutes to discuss and 3 minutes to build, construct a structure as high as possible using as much of the materials as possible. There is to be no talking. Scoring- one point per complete inch, one point per straw used, negative points for each ounce of clay not used. Given: 50 straight pins, 50 straws. Build the tallest structure possible in 5 minutes. Given: a bath towel, 20 pennies, 20 nickels, 20 dimes, two 8 1/2'' x 11" frames Lay a towel on the floor. Tape off an area about 5 feet from the towel. Members are to toss the coins onto the towel. Then, they are to put the two frames over any place on the towel. The coins inside the frame counts double. ( Do the kids try to put the dimes in one spot? Do they put both frames over the best spot? Given: (per sub- team) newspaper, 5"x7" index card, a roll of masking tape. Divide the team in half and distribute materials. The problem is to build a tower that will be free standing and able to support the card on top when completed. After 5 or 10 minutes, measure to see which tower is the tallest. If it can hold the card, it is the winner. Given: one taped-off box, 4'x4' , facing a space 6' across delineated by an 8' line (the 6' area between the line and box is the span the beans must cross) , one sheet typing paper, one 12" piece of aluminum foil, one yardstick, 3 small paper cups, one large nail, 5 tubes (Can be copper, cardboard, PVC larger than 1/2 inch in diameter), 2 buckets - one empty and one filled with dried beans, one large spoon. In part one, the team will have three minutes to think, discuss, ask questions of the judge, adjust and divide materials. At the end of the time for part one, team members and materials will move to positions in the square or behind the line. At this time, all verbal communication stops and materials may not be thrown in an airborne manner across from the line to the square. In part two, the team will have 2 minutes to move the bans from the full bucket, which is placed behind the line, to the empty bucket, placed in the square, using only the tools provided. The team my not touch the beans or the floor outside the square or beyond the line with hands or feet. The starting bean bucket may not be used to carry the beans across the space. Scoring- one point for each cup of beans in the finish bucket. Up to 10 extra points at the discretion of the judge for creativity of the solution. Up to 10 extra points at the discretion of the judge for teamwork. Given: 1 cup of shaving or whipped cream, 3 mailing labels, 2 pieces of paper, 2 safety pins, 30 toothpick, 2 straws, Not to be used in structure container, M&M's, dice, 12" ruler. This is a 2-part problem. In part one you have 6 minutes to design and construct a structure with the materials provided. The structure must be more than 4 inches high. At the end of part one, the judge will give you 10 points if the tallest part of the structure is above 4 inches. For every inch above 4 inches you will receive 5 points. In part two you will place a plastic container on your structure. In sequence you will roll a die. Whatever number comes up is the number of M&M's that you put on the container. These must be put in all at once. If a 3 were rolled, 3 candies would be put in the container all at the same time - not one at a time. This process will go on until the structure collapses. Each M&M is worth 3 points. Only those that were supported by the structure count ( If a 6 was rolled, 6 candies were put in the container, and the structure collapsed, those last 6 M&M's do not count.) If you fill your container with one or more M&M's, you receive a 10 point bonus. You will also be scored on how well our team works together ( 1-10 pts.) Given: a 12" long piece of aluminum foil for each member of the team. Team members are given 5 minutes to create something out of the foil. Creations are scored for creativity on a scale of 1 to 10. (Teams who watch each other and create objects based on a theme should be scored higher.) The team is divided into 2 groups, 2 signalers and the rest are builders. The object is to develop a signaling system not using sound, but using other body language. Two lines are placed 6 ft. apart. The signalers must stay behind the lines. There are cards with sentences on them. The cards are about the size of a CD. The signalers will know that the only good cards are those that the first word starts with the letters A - M. Starting at the lines, the builders put down the cards to make a trail connecting the lines. There is a small object midway between the lines that the trail must go around both ways. And to add one more part on each side of the object, the cards must be turned 45 degrees relative to the direction of the trail. Of course, only the signalers know about the trail having to go on both sides of the object and having to turn the cards 45 degrees. Points are given for meeting all 3 criteria and completing the trail in the fastest time. Given: 2 large books, a balloon, a miniature set of pliers, two pieces of notebook paper. The books are heavy and placed about 2 inches apart. The object is to separate the books, without touching them, at least 5 inches. Given: 5 pipe cleaners, 4 pieces of masking tape, 1 page newspaper, 2 paper clips and 4 minutes. Build a ranch. In the following 2 minutes, each team member must describe it. Given: envelope containing: an egg, newspaper, balloon, paper clip, plastic bag, 10 ft. string, name tags, ladle. An area is marked off 10 ft. x 3 ft. A box is place on the line marked B. No one may stand in the marked off area. With 5 minutes to think and discuss, find a way to deliver each of the items in the envelop and the envelope from line A to the box without each item leaving the boxed in area as it crosses. Points will only be given if each item is at rest in the box. Scoring- 10 points for the following: egg, newspaper, balloon, paper clip; 5 points for the following: plastic bag, string; 2 points for each nametag; 1 point for the ladle and 1 point for the envelope. Given: 50 toothpicks, 4 plastic straws, 1 piece of clay,1 ping pong ball, scissors- the scissors may not be use as part of your structure. You have 6 minutes to think, plan your strategy, and complete the problem. You may ask questions or talk to each other at any time. Questions count towards your time. Your problem is to build a structure using only the given materials. The structure must have the ping pong ball inside of it and the ball may not touch the base. The structure will support a plastic container on its top that will be able to hold nails. Your structure will be scored on its height, ping pong ball presence and the number of nails it supports. You must place the nails in the container one at a time without removing them. Nails must be supported for 3 seconds to count for scoring. You will be finished when your structure breaks or when the time is up. For each 4" height increment your structure reaches, your score will be increased. Your structure will be measured before you put the container on it. Scoring- if your structure stands at least 4" high and successfully supports the container, you will receive 10 points. The total number of nails held will be multiplied by the total number of 4" height increments. If your structure is 4" tall and holds 10 nails then 4" =1 increment and 1x10=10 points. Increments must be a full 4" to be counted. Given: ( to be used by signaler behind screen:) keys, bell, can filled with dry beans, spoon plastic cup (to be used by builders:) construction paper cut outs of triangles, circles and squares. There should be a total of two shapesof each color - red, yellow and blue. With four minutes topractice and develop signals and three minutes to actually complete the problem, reproduce a construction paper pattern 2 signalers- behind a screen telling shape and color using materials given. 1 Signaler- seen telling location with nonverbal signals. 2 builders- only handle shapes. scoring- 25 points for each area correctly constructed. 1 - 10 for teamwork 1-10 for creative signals. 25 point bonus for getting all 3 areas correct. Given: a paper bag filled with the following: 1 egg,1 safety pin, a key, a piece of paper with a phone number on it, a band-aid, a tooth brush, dental floss, nail polish, handcuffs, a jelly bean, a ring, toothpicks, a tissue, a whistle, a spool of thread, a stick man, a peanut. Your problem is to pass the bag around the table and pull out an item. As you pull the item out, you have to tell a portion of a story concerning the item. The story must be connected from to member to team member. However, the story must be told from the end to beginning. Your problem begins with, "They lived happily ever after." Given: straw, 12" string, envelope, mailing label, toothpick, hanger, yardstick, ruler, goofballs. Set up empty and full pop cans at random within an eight-foot square. Surround each one with Styrofoam cups. Two members will knock over the cans without moving the cups using golf balls and standing in two fixed locations. The three other members can walk around and use given items to help the golf ball users, but they may not guide the golf balls. Scoring- knockdowns are worth 3 points each, and standing Styrofoam cups are worth 2 points each. Build the tallest structure you can using 14 grapes. Given: a piece of poster board designed as shown below, a piece of large construction paper for every other team member. The number inside each square equals the point value. With the paper given, see how many squares you can completely cover (without going over the edges) in 2 minutes. You may tear or fold the paper. Given: bowl of Cheerios, string 18" long, spoon, fork, pieces of masking tape - 1 " x 6" , sheet of typing paper, large paper clip, large-eyed needle, toothpicks. You will have one minute to think and three minutes to complete the task. There will be no talking at any time, but hand and/or body gestures will be allowed. The problem is to assemble a Cheerio garland by attaching Cheerios to the string. The garland must be able to be picked up and held by the judges after completion without the Cheerios falling off. The Cheerios must not be touched directly by team members’ hands but may be handled by any of the materials supplied. Scoring - One point will be scored for each Cheerio remaining on the string after the judge picks up and holds garland vertically. 5 - 25 points could be awarded for a creative approach and/or creative teamwork. Given: 20 paper clips, 5 chopsticks. Connect all 20 paper clips together in a chain. Give each team member one chopstick. The team must undo as many paper clips as possible in seven minutes. They may talk, but they may not give each other their chopsticks. Given: paper, markers, crayons, etc. In three minutes, create a new state. Name it, design a symbol, a flag, a song ( to be sung to the judges) and a tree. Given: a comb, a package of tissue, a key, a yard of string, a credit card. Imagine you are stranded on a desert island. Construct an alarm system using the items in your pocket (listed above). Given: 10 toothpicks, 1 coffee filter, 1 12" piece of string, 1 12" piece of tape, 1 drinking straw, scissors. With the materials provided, the team must construct something and explain it. The completed object must fit into a cough drop tin. Scissors are only used to solve the problem, and may not be used as part of the completed solution. The team has one minute to think and discuss, and four minutes to construct the object and place it in the box. There is to be no talking in the last four minutes. |
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