Verbal Hands-on
Dug Up
- Problem:
These objects (show two unusual object) have been dug up from the ground together. What could they have been or done? - Setup:
You will each have 10 cards. You may respond whenever you want, but have to surrender a card for each response. You will be shown two objects that have been dug up from the ground together. You are to respond with what the objects could have been or what they could have done. After three minutes, the first two objects will be covered and you will be shown two more objects. Again, you are to respond with what the objects could have been or what they could have done. - You will only be given 10 cards. Once your cards are gone, you will give no additional answers.
- Timing & Scoring:
There will be two three-minute solutions, for a total of 6 minutes- Three minutes to answer, 1 point for common answers, 5 points for creative. After 3 minutes
minutes, switch the objects to two new, even more unusual objects, and
repeat.
Dangerous
- You will have 5 minutes to discuss and this problem and prepare solutions. Questions count against your time.
- Each team member will be given an 8.5 by 11 piece of colored paper, a pencil, two paper clips, a ruler, and a piece of tape. These are the only materials you are allowed to use to solve this problem. Spoken words may not be part of the solutions, but team members may speak to each other.
- At the end of the five minutes, each team member will present two solutions to the judges.
- Team members may discuss the problem with each other, but may not exchange materials.
- You will be scored as follows: For each of the ten solutions:
Your problem is to indicate, show, or explain, using the materials provided, things that are dangerous.
Creativity of the method of presentation 1-5 points.
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Used Car Salesman
Problem: Your team will perform two presentations involving the selling of a used car (give the team a photograph of an old, junked car). You may use all team members in both presentations, or split the two presentations up any way you want, as long as all five members are involved at some point.
You will have 5 minutes to prepare and 90 seconds provided for each of the performances for a total of 8 minutes. You do not have to use the entire 90 seconds in each of the performances....but you must use a minimum of 60 seconds in each one.
Scoring will be as follows:
1-20 for the creativity of each presentation
1-10 for how well the used car is incorporated into the presentations
1-10 for teamwork
If you fail to complete both performances before time runs out, the team will be assessed a 10 point penalty.
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Object Pairs
Assemble a set of five unusual objects. Some should have an identifiable purpose, while others should be more ambiguous (machine or toy parts, for example). With the usual times ( 1 minute to think and three minutes to respond) and scoring procedure, the problem is for each team member, in turn, to pick up two of the objects and respond to them. (Some teams have trouble when told to "respond" to something. Give them examples, i.e. show how two objects can be used together, imagine they are something else, toss them and say "They're projectiles", scream and say "A ___ and ___! Run for your lives". Basically do or say something involving the objects.)
Object Pairs: Harder
Place each object by a number. Each team member, upon his or her turn, picks an index card with two numbers printed on it, indicating which objects to respond to.
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Stories
Assemble a set of unusual objects.
Time: The team has 4 minutes to plan and 4 minutes to perform for score.
The Problem: The team must devise two stories, and must incorporate the objects into the stories. When scoring time starts, one team
member starts a story, and the others respond in turn. When each team member has responded twice, the next story begins, with the same procedure.
Score 1-5 for creativity of each response, 1-10 for the quality of each story, and 1-10 for the quality of each story's ending.
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Movers
- Equipment:
Five unusual objects - Timing:
Three minutes to think and five to perform. - Problem:
Each team member must pick up one object and carry it across the room. When
all the objects are at the other side of the room, each team member may
carry one back. You man transport the objects as many times as you like, in
any order. Only one team member may be carrying an object at a time. - Your problem is to do this in an interesting, unusual, thoughtful, entertaining
way. You will receive score each time 5 objects are moved to the other side
of the room, up to 4 times. - Scoring: Creativity of use/interpretation/manipulation of the objects:
First 5 transported, 1 to 15
Second 5 transported, 1 to 15
Third 5 transported, 1 to 15
Fourth 5 transported, 1 to 15
Teamwork, 1 to 10
Thanks to Lee and Matt Semel. http://lsemel.github.io/odyssey/spont/submit.html