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challenges
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
DI Extreme™ | top |
Challenge A: DIzzy Derby
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Racing!
Laps! Strategy! Your team-designed Vehicle will race against the
clock to complete the greatest number of laps on our triangular
track! Take a careful look at the rules since there is more than
one way to gain lap points. Do you design your Vehicle for speed
alone, or gain extra points with a risky “Detour?”
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The team will design
a reliable Vehicle with a Technical Energy Source that will
race around a triangular track transporting one or more team
members
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The team will receive
points for the number of Laps and Detours their Vehicle completes
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The team will integrate
three Side Trips into its Presentation.
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A team-created
skit will bring together all elements of the team's PresentationThis
Challenge can be solved on many levels, from very simple to
very complex solutions. Your team needs to develop a winning
strategy. There is more than one way to score well
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
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Challenge B: Sudden SerenDIpity
“Ring..Ring” . . . . “Zap!”
The telephone and microwave - two inventions separated by 70 years,
but with one thing in common – SerenDIpity! SerenDIpity, or
discovery by chance, is an important ingredient in many important
inventions. What brilliant invention will your team be seeking to
create when serendipity strikes? Is your invention celebrated as
a stroke of genius, or misunderstood? This is your opportunity to
present your Story of SerenDIpity. Good luck!
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The team will develop
and present an original Story that includes an example of SerenDIpity
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The team will present
an Initial Invention and a SerenDIpitous Invention that results
from SerenDIpity
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The team will
build and present a Technical Device that performs a Task through
one or more Steps
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The characters
will present Differing Views about the impact of the SerenDIpitous
Invention
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The team will
integrate three Side Trips into its Presentation
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
DI Extreme™ | top |
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Challenge C: Live! It's RaDIo DI!
Before we had television, imaginations around
the world came alive every night. Families sat beside the radio,
listening to the news of the day. The radio also brought all sorts
of entertainment to life without pictures. Music was popular, and
so were plays – funny plays, serious plays and mysteries.
Your Challenge is to create a story that can be told without pictures
– an original RaDIo show being performed live for a RaDIo
audience. Your Presentation will include a commercial that makes
an outrageous claim for a product, and of course a “Breaking
News Bulletin.”
- The team will present a Story in
a live RaDIo Broadcast. The Story will include at least one Unique
and/or Eccentric Character
- The RaDIo Broadcast must have
Live Sound Elements that create images in the mind of the listener.
At least one of the Live Sound Elements must be produced by a
Technical Method
- The Story must have a "Cliffhanger"
or "Hook" before a Commercial Break for a product
- The commercial must include an
Outrageous Claim and a Jingle to advertise or promote the product
- The RaDIo Broadcast will be interrupted
by a News Bulletin. The subject of the News Bulletin will be a
randomly selected Improv Element
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
DI Extreme™ | top |
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Challenge D: IMPROVing Along
Gear up on everything there is to know about
how we get around, because at performance time, this improvisational
Challenge will include one of the 12 modes of transportation your
team has selected to study. You’ll also create your own IMPROVmobile
and create a skit on the spot that includes an Improv Travel Game
and shows what happens Along the Way. Don’t forget: Your ticket
only allows 30 minutes for you to plan your entire trip, and you’ll
need to remember to pack your Invisible Prop! ALL ABOARD!
The team will create a six-minute Improvisational
Skit in a 30-minute time period at the Tournament
The team will research a total of 12 Modes
of Transportation taken from six categories and randomly choose
one to be integrated into their Skit
The team will randomly select an event
that happens Along the Way and integrate it into their Skit
The team will create an IMPROVmobile and
integrate it into their Skit
The team will demonstrate one of four
Improv Travel Games during their Skit
The team will integrate an Invisible Prop
into their Skit
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
DI Extreme™ | top |
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Challenge E: DIsigning Bridges
What do we do when a river, busy highway,
or deep ravine stands between us and our destination? We build a
bridge! Your challenge is to build a bridge out of wood, glue, and
fishing line that holds weight. Will your bridge be long? Will it
be strong? You decide! Explore the many bridges of the world to
inspire your design. Then test your bridge while presenting a story
about a bridge between two nations’ cultures.
The team will design, build, and test a
Bridge made completely of Wood and/or Monofilament Fishing Line,
with Glue as an adhesive. They will
earn points based on the weight held by the Bridge multiplied by
its Span
The team will research bridges from Nations
other than their own, and will use a design element of one of these
bridges in their own Bridge design
The team will make a prediction about
what will happen when they stack weights on their Bridge
The team will create and present a Story
about a bridge (or connection) between the cultures of two Nations.
The Story will include at least one character
The team will integrate three Side Trips
into its Presentation
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
DI Extreme™ | top |
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DI Extreme™
DIzzy Derby |
Sudden SerenDIpity | Live it's RaDIo DI! |
IMPROVing Along | DIsigning Bridges |
DI Extreme™ | top |
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