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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. Given: Each team member gets approximately one quarter of a cup of clay. They have two minutes to make anything about which they may tell a story. The first member starts their story and the second member adds to it using his or her clay creation as a prop. The team has two minutes to tell the story. No talking is allowed during the two minute creation time.Scoring - overall story 1-25, individual creations 1-10, individual response 1 point for common, 5 points for creative. Given: an envelope, 6" of masking tape, rubber band, a straw, a label, a piece of typing paper. Attach a glass Christmas ornament to the wall 6" from the floor. Attach a string to the wall 6' above the bulb. Attach a weight to the string. Place the weight on a 4"x4" post which is 4' from the wall so that when it is released, the weight will hit the ball. Team members must use items to protect the bulb from breaking. Points will be given for teamwork and for achieving the goal. Given: envelope, ping pong ball, gym shoe, small empty paper bag, 2 straws, tennis ball, roll of masking tape. In five minutes, the team must construct a sculpture using every item, connected with masking tape. They must then tell the name of the sculpture and what it represents. The score will be based on creativity and teamwork. Given: paper bag, chair, broom, straws, paper, string, sticky labels, yardstick, 2"x 2" piece of tape, marker, scissors. Set up a 20" x 10" rectangle as the starting point. Five feet away, set up another rectangle the same size along with the items listed above. The object of the problem is to move an egg from the starting rectangle to the ending rectangle. During the trip, the egg must move up, down and make a change in appearance before entering the ending rectangle. The team must also explain what their system is and why the change has occurred. There will be 7 minutes to build, 2 minutes to execute, and 2 minutes to explain. Given: a piece of poster board, markers, a chain, a cotton ball, 2 Kleenex, a pen, a blender blade, a tupperware lid, a glove, a newspaper ad. Using the materials provided, create a treasure map leading to the most important part of life. Given: 10 playing cards, 10 paper clips, 4 quarters, 4 dimes, 4 nickels, 4 pennies. Build a structure that will support the coins using the available materials. Scoring- monetary value of coins times their height in inches above the building surface. Given: 6-4"x6" pieces of paper, a penny. Members are to build the tallest structure possible to support the penny. Given: gum drops, toothpicks. Build a structure and describe each others creations. Shape a piece of Play-dough into a "voodoo" doll, and each team member must predict the future of another member's doll. Given: a shoe box containing the following: Bic pen with Cap, 3 empty Pepsi cans, tennis ball, 12 inch piece of yarn, 6 inch length of masking tape, empty paper towel tube, 2 Band-Aids still in the wrappers, a blindfold. The problem is for the team to create and use a nonverbal communication system to complete the following tasks in the sequence listed. 1.A blindfolded team member must remove all the contents of the box and place them on the table. 2. Take the box to team member located at point X 3. Return to the table, get Band-Aids and put them on team member located at point Y. 4. Return to the table, roll the tennis ball to team member located at point Z ( this person must stay in position) 5.Take all remaining objects to point X and place them in the shoe box. The team has 3 minutes to plan and 4 minutes to perform their solution.