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Hands-on
Verbal
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Hands-on problems - pg. 7 |
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| Materials: Table One Table Two 2 yellow right triangles 3 yellow right triangles 2 red right triangles 3 red right triangles 2 blue right triangles 2 blue right triangles 3 yellow circles 3 yellow squares 3 red circles 3 red squares 3 blue circles 3 blue squares Problem: Part 1- Your team has 60 seconds to divide into two groups. Part 2- 1. At the end of 60 seconds announce time. Direct group 1 to assemble behind Table 1 and group 2 behind Table 2. 2. NO verbal communication will be allowed during this part. 3. You will have three minutes to complete your task. 4. Group 1 will try to collect all squares at Table 1. 5. Group 2 will try to collect all circles at Table 2. 6. Each group will designate one carrier. 7. Carriers may only carry a maximum of one piece in a hand during a trip. 8. Carriers may never make a trip between Tables empty- handed. 9. Only carriers may touch the pieces. 10. At the end of time, carriers must return to the table where they started (following the rules above, esp. #7 and #8). 11. Only _____ carriers may carry circles and only______ carriers may carry squares. 12. Any carrier may carry a triangle. Fill in the blanks in #11 with descriptive characteristics that would allow for the successful transfer of circles and squares. Ex. Male, female or over 4' tall, under 4' tall. Scoring: 10 points for each circle on Table 2 10 points for each original square on Table 1 50 points for each square made from 2 triangles being placed next to each other to form a square on Table 1. -5 points for each question asked in part 2. -25 points for verbal communication between teammates. Materials: quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies, 4 different colors of construction paper - communicating items: pencil, ruler, sheet of 81/2"x11" paper, tin can, 2 marbles, metal spoon Problem: devise a non-verbal communication system in which 2 communicators instruct 3 workers how many of each oin is to be placed on a given color paper. 5 minutes to think / practice and 3 minutes to perform. Scoring: score is the value of the coins placed plus 100 point bonus if problem is completed plus 1 point for each unused second under 3 minute limit. Penalties: twice the value of each coin over the maximum allowed for a given coin on a givencolor. 25 point penalty for a coin not completely on a paper 100 point penalty for talking once in the three minute work period begins red yellow green orange Penny 3 4 8 7 Nickel 12 1 0 5 Dime 4 13 2 5 Quarter 7 4 2 10 Materials: one piece of 11"x18" white poster board, ruler, colored markers Problem: your team is to make a greeting card. Taking turns each member adds on to what the previous team member has done. Scoring: 1 point for a common answer - 3 points for a creative response - 5 top drawings receive 15 points each Setup: arrange playing cards in rows six down and six across. Leave spaces between some cards. Problem: the team has two minutes to organize and to memorize the order/sequence of numbers. After two minutes the cards are removed from the table. The team must write the order of the cards on a grid in two minutes. Reproduce the proper sequence. Ex. 4 x 3 x x 2 x-blank 7 5 4 8 9 a 4 x x a k q 5 6 6 7 x 5 2 2 8 8 a 9 x x 7 a k q Problem: make a string out of one piece of 8-1/2 x 11 paper Points: 2 point for every inch 5 point deduction for every break in string 5 points for team work You may not use any cutting device Materials: 1 box of spaghetti, beeswax, nails, 1 6" piece of string, small margarine tub (1/2 lb. Size), 6 mailing labels Problem: build a structure as high as possible using the items listed. After the structure is built, suspend the plastic tub from the tub and put as many nails as possible in the tub. Scoring: give 8 minutes, no adjustments will be allowed to solution after time has elapsed. 1 point for each inch of height 2 points for each nail held 1-10 points for creativity of the design 1-15 points for working as a team Materials: 1 6" piece of string, 1 plastic straw, 1 mailing label, 1 pipe cleaner, 1 cork, 1 clothespin, 1 spoon Setup: 10 bottle caps, 10 marbles, 1 12"x17" construction paper in a 3'x5' area, place 10 bottle caps along inside edge of one side and 10 Marbles along the other. Place 12"x17" paper in the center. Problem: each team member chooses 1 item from the materials list. No one else can use this item unless in a combination with another team member and their item. Using only materials provided, move marbles and bottle caps onto paper, so marbles are inside caps on the paper. Time limit 1 minute for thinking and 4 minutes for performing. Materials: 5 cups on a table, a bag of skittles candy, 1 blindfold Problem: set the 5 cups on a table each cup represents a color of the skittles. The team must blindfold one member and give non-verbal signals To direct that team mate so he/she will place a piece of candy in the correct container relying totally on directions from team mates. Winner is determined by the team with the most correct skittles in the corresponding cup. Colors must match. Materials: 12 toothpicks, ping0pong ball Problem: build a structure out of 12 toothpicks to hold a ping pong ball above a table. The structure has to hold the ping pong ball for 1&1/2 minutes MATERIAL: 2 rubber bands, 2 paper clips, 2 finishing nails, 2 balloons,2 Styrofoam cups, 2 toothpicks (tape, scissors, and wire cutters) PROBLEM: Make a vehicle that moves down a track. The vehicle's movement must be started by the movement of a golf ball and once started it must move without assistance. The ball may be rolled, dropped, or bounced to start the vehicle's movement. The ball may not be used as a vehicle or as part of a vehicle. Your score is determined by how far the vehicle travels down the track. You will have 6 minutes to make your solution, practice and discuss the problem. Then you will have 3 minutes to compete for your score. Given: 2 yard sticks, a large paper clip, 6" of tape, 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper, three marbles and a 2" x 2" block of clay. Team members may not carry the marbles in any way between the tables. You will be given 2 minutes to discuss and 5 minutes to perform the task. You may not talk during the 5 minutes you are performing the task. Your problem is to move 3 marbles from one table to another (both the same height and 2 feet apart) without touching marbles with your hands. Given: Crayons, markers etc. and paper. Each team member is given one piece of paper and crayons or markers. Each team member is to come up with an original creature and tell its name, what it eats and where it lives. Given: Cake pan half filled with water, 6 marshmallows, 16 toothpicks, a 5 X 7 index card, a pencil, a Dixie cup, a comb and pennies. Make a structure that floats and can hold as many pennies as possible without tipping or sinking. Given: An "X" on a chalk board. Without using your hands, erase the "X" from the chalk board with an eraser using a body part. You may pick up the eraser no more than one time. Everyone must take a turn. Given: 50 toothpicks, 1 package of 5 sticks Wrigley's chewing gum and 1 paper cup. Using the materials on the table, you have 5 minutes to build the best house that you can that will support the paper cut and the weights. You will receive points for the following: 2 pts. for each inch in height of house, 3pts. for every penny in cup, 10pts. for creativity of house design, 10pts. for team work. Given: Scissors, 12'' tape, 50 straws, clay (2 x 2), ruler, playing cards. There is a stack of cards before you. Each member will choose one card. The team will look at all five cards and choose one card to use. The team will then use the clay given to make a model of the card. The model should be the height shown on the card. You will be given a ruler for measuring. You can receive 20 points for how close you are to the model on the card. You can receive 10 points for teamwork. Given: Big Mac box, 6 straws, tuna fish can and a pack of chewing gum. Using box & pack of chewing gum, build a structure to support a tuna fish can Given: 3 pieces of construction paper, 3 mailing labels, 5 paper clips, 3 rubber bands, 10 building blocks and one spoon. You are going to build a basket that will hold and carry 10 blocks. You will need to pull with your hands for one minute without touching it. While you pull it, it must stay together with the blocks in it. You have 5 minutes to discuss and build, then one minute to pull Given: 2 mailing labels, 2 clothes pins, 12" of string, 1 marble,1 ping-pong ball, 1 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper, 2 paper clips,1 teaspoon,1 Styrofoam cup and 1 mouse trap. Take the materials given and construct a device/mechanism that will produce a chain reaction. You have 8 minutes to think and to construct your device/mechanism and 2 additional minutes to cause your chain reaction to occur. During the 2 minute period you may not touch your device other than to initiate the first reaction. You will receive 10 points for every different reaction caused. You will also receive an additional score of 1-15 points for the creativity of your device and 1 - 10 points for teamwork. Given: Table with 6" x 6" square of 1" wide tape, 4 sheets of paper, 1 sheet of gummed labels, golf ball, ruler and scissors. The tape represents a bottomless pit into which no supports may be placed. Your task is to support a golf ball as high as possible over the middle of the pit. No points awarded if structure touches table outside the square created by the tape. "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. |
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