NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Materials: 8 lifesavers, 10 pretzel sticks (butter braids), 10 large marshmallows, ramp, and 4 oreo cookies. Construct a vehicle in 3 minutes. Test-drive the vehicle down the ramp. Score if vehicle rolled more than 4 inches. Relax and eat your creation.

Materials: Blue poster board (ocean), 50 pom pom balls (boats), box of tooth picks (oars), Box of straws (sails). Get as many ships safely across the ocean as possible. Team members may “row” using toothpicks or “sail” using straws to blow. Any…

Materials: A piece of PVC tubing (about 4′ long), 12 balls ( golf, tennis, ping pong), 20 wooden blocks, and 3 “targets” (the targets can be circles cut out of construction paper) Problem: The team will arrange the targets and the blocks…

Materials: Piece of paper (8 1/2″ X 11″), 4 playing cards, clothespin, piece of yarn, 2 batteries, small magnet (or any little object such as a button), 5″ masking tape Problem: You have 2 minutes to think and 5 to respond. You…

Materials: 12″ piece of string, paper punch, 1/2 gallon plastic milk container, 6 index cards, round balloon, scissors, 6″ paper plate, 4 pencils, masking tape Problem: You will have 3 minutes to discuss your solution, and 5 minutes to construct. During the…

The object of the activity is for all of the team members to get across the taped 20 foot “Toxic Swamp” using only the invisible “Magic Shoes.” The following rules apply: There is only one pair of shoes. Both shoes may be…

Given: 4 ft. of string, 3 paper clips, 1 sheet of typing paper, a Dixie cup. There are two lines on the floor 3 feet apart. A 10 ounce glass bottle lies on its side, pointing left on the far side of…

Given: table top marked with a start line and a finish line that are one meter apart, 3 sheets of typing paper, 1 pair of scissors, 2 yards of String or yarn, 36 inches of masking tape, 9 tennis balls, 2 unsharpened…

Given: 2 pencils, 2 packages gummy lifesavers, 4 packages regular lifesavers, 2 blindfolds. You will have 5 minutes to develop and test and 2 minutes to complete task. The problem is to develop a nonverbal communication / system to put lifesavers on…

Given: 4 coffee stirrers, 2 drinking straws, 2 large cups, 1 mailing label, 12 in. masking tape, 6 paper clips, 2 sheets of typing paper, 4 small Dixie cups, 8 ft. string, 6 pennies, 5 nickels, 5 dimes, 1 pair of scissors….