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"Freddie the French"
Given: An envelope containing one cork, 2 paper clips, 4-1 in. pieces of string, 1 Styrofoam cup,
2 bread ties, 4 toothpicks, one mailing label, 2 rubber bands, 3 index cards, and one pair
of scissors to alter material but not for use in the story.
You are to begin by selecting one item from the envelope .
The person selected begins to talk takes this item and begins a story about it.,
the person then passes the item to the left
that person must take a second item from the envelope, add it to the first item
and continue the story about the items.
the story and the construction continues until 5 minutes is up.
Solution is evaluated on:
1- the number of items used and attached at the end of 5 minutes
2- The creativity of the solution built
3- The creativity of the story
4- How well the story and the solution fit together

A cup of dirt, a cup of sand and popsickle stick
Create a new natural resource and describe how it is formed

Four straws, 8 pieces of Bubblicious Gum, 20 toothpicks and a cup of shaving cream.
You have 8 minutes to think and build your dream house.
You may talk

"To Infinity and Beyond"
Given: In a 9 x 12 envelope, 1 balloon, 2 straight drinking straws, 1-foot while string,
1 foot square of aluminum foil, 1- 9 in. paper plate, 2 small paper clips, 2 large paper clips,
a pair of scissors and a disposable roll of scotch tape.
This is a two part problem. In part one you will be given 6 minutes to discuss and create your solution.
In part 2, you will be given 2 minutes to present your solution
Your problem is to create an object from the materials in the envelope.
No other materials may be used.
Your finished object will fly in the air and be scored one point per inch on the distance of flight
through the air. You will also receive 1 to 10 points for ow well your team works together

Given: One ruler, one pencil, 7 cotton balls, 6 magnets, 2 paper plates,
8 crayons, one piece of paper, scissors and 12 in. of masking tape.
Make a structure at least 7 inches tall that can be lifted with magnets while supporting the 8 crayons

Collect from around your house 40 items (rubber bands, batteries, candy, hairbrush, etc)
and put them into a bag.
One at a time, a team member reaches into the bag and removes an item, telling a story,
the next team member chooses an item and continues the story. Continue for 2 minutes or until you
run out of items.

Select an assortment of various objects and rearrange them to resemble things

Given: A bag of Doritos and a carton of sour cream. Build the highest tower you can.

Given: Taped rectangle- 1-2 feet by 4-5 yards , pieces of tape, container and blocks
Tape a rectangle to the ground. You may not step out of the taped rectangle.
You may not cross the line in front of you unless traveling with a block, and not during thinking time.
Split your five team members into two groups.
Group one may use only their hands and group two may use only their feet.
The team members from group one may not touch the floor inside the taped rectangle with their feet.
the team members from group two may not touch the floor inside the taped rectangle with their hands.
Two people, one from group one and one from group two, travel with a single block to the other end of the taped area and put it into a container, then travel back.
The remaining teams do the same thing.
The two team members have to be connected in some way.
They must tag the other team before them assume position and then the other team members hands them a block.
You can only travel with one block at a time.

A Problem Of A Different Color
Given: 5 napkins (or pieces of paper), 5 bags each containing 5 of each colored of the new M&M's (about 24 different colors x 5)
Judges: Provide each team with the above materials.
Open out the five napkins and place them in a circle on a table (diamond fashion) with the 2 straight sides touching
the sides of the napkins to the right and left. Place a bag of colors on each napkin.
Judge reads to the team
1. This is a two part problem about color. colors are not only pretty, they can be useful for communication too. colors can be used to represent things or ideas, give directions, or convey emotions and feelings.
2. In this problem, each team member will be given a sert of colors to use in creations responses. You may not eat, alter or destroy the colors until the Judge gives permission to do so!
3. In Part 1, each of the 5 team members will have 3 minutes to thinks and come up with as many different ways of using color, color combinations or actual shapes to represent something.
4. Your colors must stay on your own napkin but may go to the edge and combine with the teammates colors to the right or left to create a 'teamed' response.
5. In Part 2, each team member will tell what each color or group of colors represents.
6. You may talk to each other at any time during Part 1
7. Colors may be exchanged one for one with other team members, but any colors exchanged must be used in the solution
8. Scoring will be as follows:
a. 1 point for each response given
b. 3 points for each response combined with a bordering teammate
c. 1 bonus point for each exceptionally creative response
d. duplicate responses will not receive a score
Note: Small pieces of paper cut from glossy magazine ads or wrapping paper will work as a color substitute for the M & M's,
but the "fun factor" is greatly reduced. You can use standard M & M's or Skittles,
but they should be supplemented with additional different colors such as the magazine cutouts.
This lets you add gold, silver, etc.