The 2011-2012 Challenges are now available!
a:technical: Assembly Required
- Design and build Equipment that retrieves Parts and delivers Products.
- Assemble Products from team-provided Parts to fill Orders, and use the Products in your team’s Presentation.
- Earn extra points by deciding how best to fill Orders with no Parts or Products left over in the Assembly Area.
- Present a team-created story about something that happens just in time.
Affiliate Challenge Masters: You may click on their names to ask questions about this challenge. Art Mander, Kacy Speiker-Vorce, Joe Gronski
Assembly Required Team Manager Training V. 4
b:scientific: The Solar Stage
- Create and present a theatrical performance that tells a Story about the use of solar energy.
- Integrate research about past and/or current uses of solar energy.
- Design and create a Solar Energy Prototype that demonstrates a new way to collect, capture and use solar energy.
- Design and provide Theatrical Lighting to illuminate the Presentation and to create special theatrical effects.
Affiliate Challenge Masters: You may click on their names to ask questions about this challenge. Jim Butz, Jim Stanek
Scientific Challenge TM training 2011-12
Room Lighting at each tournament site:
Boulder: TBD, Cherry Creek: TBD, Denver: TBD, Jeffco: TBD, North Metro: TBA, Pikes Peak: Complete Darkness, South: TBD, South Metro: TBD, Southwest: Complete Darkness, Western Slope: TBD.
c:fine arts: Coming Attractions
- Present a Movie Trailer involving characters from at least two Nations.
- Design a Cinematic Special Effect and feature it in the Movie Trailer.
- Create an Original Soundtrack that complements the Movie Trailer.
Affiliate Challenge Masters: You may click on their names to ask questions about this challenge.
Hal Eden, Connie Ackerman, Nancy Kennedy
Team Manager Training Presentations:
Stage Advice for Team Managers
d:improvisational: News To Me
- Learn about different types of News Stories.
- Learn about Cause-and-Effect relationships.
- Use Cooperative Human Scenery and Props to enhance your Skit.
- Create a 5-minute Improvisational Skit about the Cause-and-Effect relationship between two unrelated News Stories.
- Have all your plans suddenly become totally discombobulated by a One-Minute Glitch (OMG)!
Affiliate Challenge Masters: You may click on their names to ask questions about this challenge.
Mary Ann Goff, Robin Vidimos, Shel Spiegelman
Team Manager Training: News to me
e:structural: Hold It!
- Design, build and test a Structure made entirely out of wood and glue to hold weight and contain Tournament-provided golf balls.
- Design and build a Delivery Device that will deposit the golf balls, one at a time, into the Structure.
- Create and present an original Story about a “Captivator.”
- Integrate the Weight Placement and Golf Ball Delivery into the Story.
Affiliate Challenge Masters: Click on a name to email your questions.
Ron Dutton, Jim Sirko, Eric Stevens
TM Training 2011 HOLD IT! (Rev. I)
projectOUTREACH: The World Canvas
- Use creative problem solving tools to identify and select at least one real community need.
- Design and carry out a Project to address the need.
- Create an Advertisement and use it in your Project.
- Create a Marketing Brochure to describe your Project.
- Share your Project at the Tournament with an entertaining live Presentation.
Click here for more information about projectOUTREACH.
Affiliate Challenge Masters: You may click on their names to ask questions about this challenge.
rising stars!: Built To Last!
- Learn about toys and how they have changed over time.
- Create a play about making the last toy that will ever be made.
- Explore how your team works together to make decisions about your team-created toy.
Click here for more information about Rising Stars!
Affiliate Challenge Masters: You may click on their names to ask questions about this challenge. Sue Albanese