NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Materials: various kinds of beans, toothpicks, straws, pieces of 8 x 10 cardboard, a cup, shaving cream, glue or other adhesive This is a two-part problem. In part one, you will be given five minutes to individually create something from your materials,…

Given: Crayons, markers, and paper. Each team member is given one piece of paper and crayons or markers. Each team member is to come up with an original creature and tell its name, what it eats and where it lives.

Problem: team members must work together create a machine. All five teammates must form the machine. Only machine like sounds may be used.

Materials: Six paper cups, four paperclips, one rubber band, one pop can, a small piece of material, two envelopes\ Build a room in a house and describe it.

Materials: Five magazines Each team member will be given a magazine. They will have three minutes to find and tear out pictures or phrases. At the end of the three minutes they will have to explain how they are related to Odyssey…

Materials: Paper cups, string, various selected household items (such as paper clips, straws, and corks) Spend five minutes creating a music group and composing a song, and then one minute performing a tune.

Given: sectioned fruit, raw cut vegetables. See how many different creative faces or items can be made in five minutes.

Given: puzzle pieces Team members will use them to make abstract objects and describe their creations.

Given an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper tell “what it is.” Before the paper is passed to the next team member a piece must be torn off. The paper may be folded or altered in any way, but there must…

Materials: Spaghetti (20) pieces, lump of clay, sticker tabs Use these materials to create a picture. You will have five minutes to do this. After this you will have two minutes to respond to picture or tell a story about it.