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Hands-on
Verbal
Submissions
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Hands-on problems - pg. 9 |
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| 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 mousetrap and candle in the solution. The candle must be 3 feet away from the mousetrap. A judge will light the candle. You have 3 minute to build and test and one minute to demonstrate. Given: 20 tootsie rolls, 6" of tape, 5 toothpicks and 20 mini marshmallows. With these items given make a bridge that connects 2 tables about one foot apart. Think time is 2 minutes and building time is 5 minutes. While building, make up a song or original song and sing it during the building time using the works of materials. After time ends, judges will place tootsie rolls on the bridge, one at a time. You cannot lose points, you will get an additional 3 points for every tootsie roll held without falling. Scoring: 1 to 5 on Creativity of the song, 1 to 10 for the theme of the problem and 1 to 10 for teamwork. Given: One bag miniature marshmallows, 1 box toothpicks, 6" masking tape, one sheet 8 1/2 x 1 1 paper, and an object to be used as a weight. You will have 3 minutes to plan and 5 minutes to build. You may talk only during the planning time. Your problem is to construct a structure as tall as possible using only the materials provided. The structure must be freestanding and support the weight for one minute. Scoring: 5 points for each cm. of height, 25 points for holding the weight for one minute. Given: Newspapers, a brick and a roll of masking tape. Build a free standing structure as high as possible, able to support a brick and also able to have the brick pass under it. Given: A small empty jewelry box, a stone, a piece of string, scissors and crayons. (The scissors may not be part of the solution.) The team has 2 minutes to create a theme and skit and one minute to present a solution. Talking is not allowed during the presentation. Given: 10 pieces spaghetti, 1 " square of clay, 1 paper cup, 1 - 6'" x 6" piece of cardboard and a box of nails. The team has 2 minutes to plan and 6 minutes to build a structure as tall as possible to support the cardboard and the cup. The team then has 2 minute to load nails one at a time into the cup. Score will be one point for each inch per nail and 10 points for teamwork. ex: 4" tall structure holding 5 nails = 20 points. Given: Model Magic modeling compound, florists wire (either 15" lengths or on ball), 3/8" x 12" dowel rod, 4" square wooden base, lollipop sticks and scissors. Using only the items given, create an artist's figurine. The figurine must be in human form when completed and the joints must be moveable so that the form can be possible when completed. Restrictions: Each team member must contribute to some aspect of the solution. Scissors are to be used for construction purposes only. Non-verbal once construction time begins. Judging points: Teamwork - how strong was the team's planning session; were the task divided evenly and amicably; were all aspects of the problem considered. Judging Points: Appearance of the finished figurine: How closely does it resemble the human form; are the limbs in proper proportion to each other; how finely detailed it is, i.e. hands, feet, facial futures? Does it function? Are the joints in fact movable? Does the figurine move in natural human motion? Does it hold a pose? Is the entire structure solid? NOTE: The team's final product was not particularly functional. However, they learned valuable lessons toward teamwork - watching each other in order to maintain the proportion of the figurine, the style and techniques each one used. I found that those with little or no artistic background quickly developed new techniques, and those with strong artistic backgrounds held back their creative urges for the sake of continuity of the project. The final product was used as a prop for their "Great Impressions" solution. Given: Four 3" nails with heads, 5 labels and 100 straws. Build a structure to hold straws. If a straw touches the table, deduct 5 points. Score one point for each straw not touching the table. Given: One very large rubber band (suggest industrial size). Team members are numbered one through five. When time begins, team members "flip" the rubber band onto the floor, and say something about the shape (pictured image) the rubber band makes when it hits the floor. The team member closest to the rubber band picks it up, flips it and responds. All team member must have a turn before responding during the next round. Creative responses are valued. Should team members forget who has not participated in a given round, they are penalized five points. With a lump of clay, create a bust of a famous composer (without words). Your team must devise a way for each team member to sit on another team member's lap, at the same time. You may not touch anything in the room, besides the floor, with your feet. You may not touch your fellow team members with your ends during your solution of the problem. This is a nonlinguistic problem. (Team members may talk during a 3 minute discussion time, but not during the execution of their solution. ) Scoring: 1-10 points should be awarded for excessive creativity and teamwork. A successful solution may be given a bonus of 25 points. Given: A 4" x 5" piece of aluminum foil, a tub of water and a pile of pennies. Use the aluminum foil to build a boat to hold as many pennies as possible. You have 5 minutes to build and test the boat and to see how many pennies the boat will hold before it sinks. Given: Different color markers and a large sheet of paper. Each team member is given a different color of marker. On the large piece of paper, team members, in a circle, take turns adding onto the drawing of the person before them. After time stops, team members that participated can make creative comments about the teams' masterpiece. Given: One container of Playdoh, 3 toothpicks, 1/2 straw, 2 marbles, 2 pipe cleaners, 12 mini marshmallows and 1- 4"square of cardboard. Build a unique animal. It must fit on the 4" card. Each team member will build onto the story of why this animal is unique. O-10 points are awarded for the animals movement and how it relates. Give one point for a common answer and 3 points for a creative answer. You have 4 minutes to discuss and build and 2 minutes to respond. Given: Poster board, 5 pieces typing paper, 3 mailing labels and scissors. Build a single structure that stretches from edge of the poster board to the other edge. You have 5 minutes to discuss and build. The structure will be measured at the end of the 5 minutes. The team will receive 2 points for every inch of length. You will be penalized 5 points for every inch of structure off the poster board. Given: Ten pieces spaghetti, 2 straws, one mailing label, 1 - 8 1/ 2 x 1 1 sheet of paper, 2 - 3" x 5" cards, 4 toothpicks, 1 - 12" piece of string, 2 cotton balls,20 saltine crackers and 20 rigatoni pasta. "Bridging the Gap" Make a long span structure on a table with the materials given that will support the crackers and pasta for extra points. You have 5 minutes to build a structure having only two vertical supports. The structure will be measured at the end of the 5 minutes. The structure length will be measured between the furthest unsupported span of the structure as measured parallel to the table top. For each one inch of structure length between the two supports, the team will earn 3 points. For each cracker and each rigatoni supported off the table the team earns one point. Any crackers or rigatoni supported more that 2 inches off the table will each earn 2 points. A penalty of 5 points per word will be given if you talk during the problem. Given: 25 tennis balls, 1 - 8 1/2" x 11 " sheet paper, 4 rubber bands, 2 mailing labels, 1- 36" piece of string, 2 paper clips, 2 toothpicks, one balloon and one cotton ball. Make a structure or structures out of the 25 tennis balls and the materials given. The team has 5 minutes to discuss and make a free standing structure. The structure must stand for at least 15 seconds after the 5 minutes. Points will be scored after the 5 seconds of stand time. Each tennis ball supported 2" above the table is worth 5 points. Bonus points: 1-10 points for creativity and 1-10 points for team work. Given: Four student desks, 1-12" pieces of string, 25 blown up balloons, and 4 self stick labels. Your team has 3 minutes to stick all the balloons to the desks. They may not touch the floor at any time. Given: Five small lumps of clay and 15 toothpicks. Give each team member a small lump of clay and 3 toothpicks. Make something using some/all of the items. Be creative! Given: 25" of string, 4 paper clips, 4 straws, 50 cotton swabs and a bucket with a handle. How many cotton swabs can you get into the bucket from 10 feet away? Given: A spoon, wood ruler, paper cup, keys, pencil, 2 marbles and a sheet of paper. In front of you are 6 different colors of construction paper. A bowl of M&M's are on the table. Using the items listed above, the team is to develop a non-verbal communication scheme by which one or more team members will direct the others to put various color M&M's on the same color papers. Coaches: Dream up any color/M&M patterns you wish. Scoring: One point for each correct M&M, 10 points for each paper that is totally correct and 100 point bonus if all are correct. Feel free to eat the evidence! Given: A deck of cards and a box of Cheerios. Build a structure with the cards that will support as many Cheerios as possible. Points will be awarded for height, creativity of structure and number of cereals held. Given: One little square sponge, 4 nails, 2 paper clips, one round magnet, and one 3" x 4" piece of cardboard. Build the tallest structure using all the items given. You have one minute to think without playing with the objects. After the one minute you will have 5 minutes to build your structure. When you are finished, if time is not up, you can say stop and get 15 points for every minute of time left. You get 10 points for every inch you have built. Given: Two "twisties" for garbage bags, 12 miniature marshmallows, 8 toothpicks, 3 straws, one regular size envelope, one paper plate, one paper towel tube, one ping pong ball and one can shaving cream. Cover the table surface. The team has 5 minutes to discuss building the best possible structure that will support a ping pong ball on top of the envelope at the top of the structure, and 2 minutes to assemble it. Coach hint: If they ask, they may tear apart or break any of the items, and the envelope flap can be torn off and licked. Given: One 5"x 5" piece of cardboard, 5 straws, 12' of tape and a pair of scissors. Build a structure that must be at least 6" tall. Points are awarded for each inch over 6 inches. All materials must be use. |
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