NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Given: 10 pieces spaghetti, 1 ” square of clay, 1 paper cup, 1 – 6′” x 6″ piece of cardboard and a box of nails. The team has 2 minutes to plan and 6 minutes to build a structure as tall as…

Given: Newspapers, a brick and a roll of masking tape. Build a free standing structure as high as possible, able to support a brick and also able to have the brick pass under it.

Given: One bag miniature marshmallows, 1 box toothpicks, 6″ masking tape, one sheet 8 1/2 x 1 1 paper, and an object to be used as a weight. You will have 3 minutes to plan and 5 minutes to build. You may…

Given: Five straws, one sheet paper, one plastic fork, one soda can and 2 mailing labels Make a device to propel a rubber band to a target 3 feet away.

Materials: 12 toothpicks, ping pong ball Problem: build a structure out of 12 toothpicks to hold a ping pong ball above a table. The structure has to hold the ping pong ball for 1.5 minutes

Given: One 1/8″ x 1/8″ x 10″ stick of balsa wood, 2 band-aids, one paper clip and 6 glass marbles . Using only the given materials and without touching the marbles, get the marbles across a 2 foot square without going inside…

Given: A full set of dominos. Create a three dimensional figure using a full set of dominos. All dominos must be used and like numbered sides must touch.

Given: Ten popsicle sticks, 3 pipe cleaners, a ball of clay, 3 clothespins and a 12″ piece of tape. Build a bridge that will extend over a 9″ x 12″ piece of blue paper. Using match box cars, you will receive 20…

Five team members are outside a room. Four members go inside and one waits outside, blindfolded. The four members inside the room remove one shoe and place it in a pile of other miscellaneous shoes in the center of the room. The…

Given: Two paper plates, 20 toothpicks, 5 drinking straws, 2 plastic forks, 10 paper clips, marbles, 1 foot masking tape and poster clay. Nonverbal. The problem is to suspend or elevate a paper plate above a table and put marbles on the…