Given: envelope containing: an egg, newspaper, balloon, paper clip, plastic bag, 10 ft. string, name tags, ladle. An area is marked off 10 ft. x 3 ft. A box is place on the line marked B. No one may stand in the…
read moreGiven: straw, 12″ string, envelope, mailing label, toothpick, hanger, yardstick, ruler, golfballs. Set up empty and full pop cans at random within an eight-foot square. Surround each one with Styrofoam cups. Two members will knock over the cans without moving the cups…
read moreGiven: To be used by signaler behind screen: keys, bell, can filled with dry beans, spoon plastic cup To be used by builders: construction paper cut outs of triangles, circles and squares. There should be a total of two shapes of each…
read moreGiven: 50 toothpicks, four plastic straws, one piece of clay, one ping pong ball, scissors- the scissors may not be use as part of your structure. You have six minutes to think, plan your strategy, and complete the problem. You may ask…
read moreThe team is divided into two groups: two signalers and the rest are builders. The object is to develop a signaling system not using sound, but using other body language. Two lines are placed 6 ft. apart. The signalers must stay behind…
read moreGiven: One cup of shaving or whipped cream, three mailing labels, two pieces of paper, two safety pins, 30 toothpick, two straws, Not to be used in structure container, M&M’s, dice, 12″ ruler. This is a two-part problem. In part one you…
read moreGiven: one taped-off box, 4×4 feet, facing a space six feet across delineated by an eight-foot line (the six-foot area between the line and box is the span the beans must cross) , one sheet typing paper, one 12-inch piece of aluminum…
read moreGiven: newspaper, 5″x7″ index card, a roll of masking tape. The problem is to build a tower that will be free standing and able to support the card on top when completed. After five minutes, measure the height of the tower, and…
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