NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Given: One very large rubber band (suggest industrial size). Team members are numbered one through five. When time begins, team members “flip” the rubber band onto the floor, and say something about the shape (pictured image) the rubber band makes when it…

Given: 20 tootsie rolls, six inches of tape, five toothpicks and 20 mini marshmallows. With these items given make a bridge that connects two tables about one foot apart. Think time is two minutes and building time is five minutes. While building,…

Given: One ball of clay and two straws. Construct as many items as you can from the materials given.

Given: A small empty jewelry box, a stone, a piece of string, scissors and crayons. (The scissors may not be part of the solution.) The team has two minutes to create a theme and skit and one minute to present a solution….

Given: One egg carton, a key and a magic marker or labels. Label the 12 holding cups in an egg carton with the marker into 12 categories (holidays, circus, school, movies, cities, animals, songs, and so on.) Team members take turns tossing…

Team members stand in a circle and one at a time take turns posing. The team member to the right must describe who or what the posed member is.

Choose five team members and give them five minutes to discuss their favorite foods. The team member must then act out their favorite food while sharing what they are with the team.

Your team is to make a greeting card. Taking turns each member adds on to what the previous team member has done.

Given: One sheet of paper and a pencil for each team member. Each team member is to make-up three words and write the definition for each made-up word. The team will receive points for creativity and originality.

Materials: In a shoebox put everyday items such as paper, scissors, glue, tape, plastic ware, paper plates, clothespins, crayons, rubber bands, tissue paper Problem: Each person creates one musical instrument Scoring: 15 points for each instrument made. It must stay together while…