2007-08 TEAM CHALLENGE
SUMMARIES
A: Obstacles,
Of Course!
Focus: Technical
Design and Construction, Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics,
Experimentation, Theater Arts, Teamwork
The
Destination:
Where This Challenge Will Take
You!
Young or old, big or small, we all face obstacles
in everyday life. Things are always getting in our way! Overcoming these
obstacles, and how we do it, helps all of us grow and reach our goals. To solve
this Challenge, your team’s vehicle will need to go over, under, around and
through obstacles that it encounters on its path. Calculate carefully: your
final score will depend on the choices your team makes – to overcome obstacles,
of course! It’s all up to YOU!
Points
of Interest! Your team will:
¶ Design and construct an Obstacle Course, with
from three to ten different Obstacles.
¶ Design and construct a Vehicle that will travel
the Obstacle Course. The Vehicle will score points for the number of Obstacles
successfully Overcome.
¶ Create an original, non-verbal Story about
overcoming obstacle(s). The appearance of the Obstacle Course should be linked
to the Story’s theme.
¶ Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the
Presentation.
B: Hit
or Myth
Focus: Science, Theater Arts, Research, Teamwork, International Studies
The
Destination:
Where This Challenge Will Take
You!
Is there really a Loch Ness Monster? Is
it possible to stop a shark attack by punching the shark in the nose? If Rapunzel really “let down her hair” could someone actually
climb up her hair into a tower? Myths, folk tales and urban legends exist in
many nations around the world. How do we know whether they’re truth or fiction?
By using the Scientific Method! So get on your lab coats - now it’s your chance
to find out, with the help of science, whether it’s a Hit or Myth!
Points of Interest! Your team will:
¶
Create and
present a theatrical performance with an original Story about a Myth, Urban
Legend or Folk Tale. The Story must be set in a Nation other than the team’s
own.
¶
Design and
carry out a Myth Investigation that investigates fact(s) about the team’s Myth.
Present the results of the Investigation as part of your Story.
¶
Create a Myth-Ecol
Replica from the team’s chosen Nation, using Recyclable Materials.
¶
Create two
Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.
C:
DI’ve Got a Secret!
Focus:
Playwriting, Theater Arts (Design, Construction, Costumes and
Set Pieces), Optical Physics, Teamwork
The Destination:
Where This Challenge Will Take
You!
What’s my secret? I’ll never tell! But your team gets to tell all. Nothing is as it seems as your
secret unfolds. Sometimes people or things appear to be one thing, but they
turn out to be something very different. Your team will turn a secret into
great entertainment and dazzle everyone with an optical illusion and set pieces that connect to become part of the
big surprise. Will you have the audience on the edge of their seats?
Will everyone beg to know more? We’ll all have to wait….until your secret is
revealed!
Points of Interest! Your team will:
¶
Create and present a theatrical performance of an
original Story about a Secret.
¶
Create a Masquerade Character that appears to be
something or someone until its true identity is revealed.
¶
Integrate a team-created Optical Illusion into the
Story.
¶
Design and create three Set Pieces that will be
connected to form a new Set Piece or Backdrop.
¶
Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the
Presentation.
D: Chorific!
Focus: I
Improvisational Acting, Story Development, Theater Arts,
Teamwork, Sound Design
The
Destination:
Where This Challenge Will Take
You!
It is just a simple, ordinary chore. You’ve done it a thousand times
without a problem. Not this time! Now you have to overcome obstacles, and
famous figures of the past and present suddenly appear. With an artful sound
design to accompany you on your mission, you must use your keenly honed improv techniques to tackle a chore no longer ordinary, but
extraordinary! Only you can conquer everything that gets in your way and
complete your chore. Only then will you be Chorific!
Points
of Interest! Your team will:
¶
Create a six-minute Improvisational Skit about an ordinary,
randomly selected Chore in a 30-minute timed period at the Tournament.
¶
Attempt to overcome two randomly selected Obstacles, both related
to the Chore, in your Skit.
¶
Create a Sound Design that will be presented live during your
Skit.
¶
Demonstrate one Improvisational Technique during your Skit.
¶
Integrate a Famous Person, randomly selected from a list of people
the team has previously researched, into your Skit.
E: SWITCH!
Focus: Architectural Design, Structural
Engineering, Construction, Research, Innovation & Design Process,
Mathematics, Theater Arts, Teamwork
The
Destination:
Where This Challenge Will Take
You!
Did you ever have to make up your mind? Choose one
thing and leave the other behind? Not this time! You don’t have to make up your
mind – you get to try something two different ways! You will test your
Structure’s strength one way, and then…SWITCH! You test your Structure another
way. You will also pull some other SWITCHES to show how one item can do
different jobs! So get ready - SWITCHING has never been so much fun
Points of Interest! Your team will:
¶
Design and
build a Structure made completely of Wood and Glue and test it for strength by
stacking weights upon it in two different Orientations.
¶
Have a
two-minute Stop Time while the team removes the weights after the first test
and places the Structure in a different Orientation for the second test.
¶
Research a
manufactured item, called a SWITCH! Item that can serve more than one purpose.
¶
Create and
present a Story in which the team demonstrates two different purposes for the
SWITCH! Item.
¶
Present a
Freeze-Frame scene as part of the Story during the Stop Time.
¶
Create two
Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.
Rising Stars!
TwisDId
History!
Focus: Imagining
Possibilities, Storytelling, Research, History, Geometric Shapes, Performing in
front of an audience, Working with others
Something happened! What was it? In this Challenge you will choose something that really happened and change it. HiSTORY with a twist! You will also create a song about it! Then you will use four different shapes to make a magical prop.