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Given  2 yard sticks, a large paper clip, 6" of tape, an 8 1/2 X 1 1 piece of paper, three marbles and a 2" x 2" block of clay.
         Your problem is to move 3 marbles from one table to another (both the same height and two feet apart) without touching the marbles with your hands. 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.

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
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, 3 pts. for every penny in the cup,10   pts. for creativity of the house design, 10 pts. for team work

Given:  Scissors, 12'' of tape, 50 straws, clay (2' x 2'), ruler, playing cards.
     There is a stack of cards before yo. Each memebr will lchoose one card. THE teal 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 ont he 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.
     Unsing the Big-Mac box and packof chewing gum, build a structure strong enough to support a tuna fish can


Given: 3 pieces of construction patper, 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 ill need to pull with tyour hands for one minute touching it. WHile you pullit, it must stay together with the blocks init. You have 5 minutes to discuss nad build, then one minute to pull


Given: 2 mailing labels, 2 clothes pins, 12" of string, 1 marble,1 ping-pong ball, 1 81/2 x 11 piece of paper, 2 paper clips,1 teaspooon,1 stryrofoam cup 1 mouse trap.
"Chain Reaction". Take the materials given and construct a device/mecchanism that will produce a chain reaction.  You have 8 minutes to think and to ocnstruct your device/mechanism and 2 additioanl minutes to cause your chain reaction to occur. Duriung the 2 minute peroiod you may not toucvh your device other than tio initiate the fiorst reaction. You will receive 10 points for every different reaction caused. You will also receive an addtitional 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 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 will be awarded if the structure touches the table outside the square created by the tape.