New Challenges for 2008-2009

Pick one of these challenges for 2008-2009:
http://www.idodi.com/challenge/team_challenges.html

Challenge A: Operation Cooperation:Teams will be designing and constructing two Machines that work together to completetasks. They will choose Tasks for the Machines to complete cooperatively while oneMachine is Manned and one Machine is Unmanned. They will do this without theuse of AC power. They will also create and present a Story about cooperation that isat least partly set in a Nation other than their own. Their major focuses are TechnicalDesign and Construction, Innovation and Design Process, Research, Experimentation,Strategic Planning, Theater Arts and Teamwork. As you can see, these teams will beusing standards involving Mathematics, Science, Technology, International Studies,Visual Arts, Research, Theatre, Innovation and design, Performance Skills, and Workingwith Others to accomplish their task.

Challenge B: Instinct Messaging:These teams will create and present a theatrical presentation with an original Story that demonstrates creature communication. They will learn about one Featured Creatureand two real methods it uses to communicate. They will design and build a costume tocommunicate a message sent by their Featured Creature. These teams will also constructone or more three-dimensional set pieces that depict a real-life habitat for their Featured Creature. These teams will be utilizing Scenic design, Scene Construction, Play Writing, Animal Science, Research, Performing and Teamwork. The standards of Science, Technology, Theater, Visual Arts, English Language Arts, and Working with Others are strongly demonstrated in this Challenge.

Challenge C: ViDIo Lit Hits:These teams will create a Music ViDIo that dramatically retells a piece of literature. They will dramatically portray a Character from the chosen piece of literature. They will integrate Music and team created Choreography into the viDIo. Finally, they will create a Grand Entrance or Grand Exit using Technical Methods. They will use Playwriting, Literature, Fine Arts/Theater Arts (Music, Choreography), Technical Design and Construction, Design Process and Teamwork. The major Standards addressed will be Music, Dance, Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Theatre, Technological Design, Visual Arts, and Working with Others.

Challenge D: Private DI:Teams selecting this Challenge will create a six-minute Improvisational Skit aboutthe Origin of a randomly selected Superstition in a 30-minute timed period at theTournament. They will present a Skit using the styles of three different Film Genresrandomly selected from a list of film genres the team has previously researched. Theywill integrate into their skit, a Sleuth, randomly selected from a list of historical and fictional detectives the team has previously researched. They will also create an Origin for the Superstition. They will integrate a randomly selected Surprise! Finally they will create a Superstition Origin Detector that physically moves and contributes to solving the mystery of the Origin of the Superstition. These teams will use Improvisational Acting, Story Development, Theater Arts, Teamwork, and Technical Innovation as they delve into their solution. They will focus on the standards of Reading, Writing, Listening,Speaking, Research, Theatre, Technology, and Working with Others.

Challenge E: A New Angle:These teams will design, build, and test a two part Structure made completely of woodand glue. They will explore two different artistic media and create a Story about howthey could be merged. They will create an art form and demonstrate it. They will focus on Architectural Design, Structural Engineering, Construction, Research, Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics, Theater Arts, and Teamwork. The major Standards addressed will be Mathematics, Writing, Technology, Theater, Visual Arts, and Working with Others.

Rising Stars!: (For K-1st grade teams) Hidden!:Rising Stars! teams will create and present a Play that occurs in a “hidden” place, a place not usually seen. They will generate problems that could occur in this secret place, then choose one problem to solve. They will solve this problem as a team. The team will learn about simple machines and identify objects in their everyday lives that are composed of simple machines. They will build a gadget made of one or more simple machines. They will focus on Imagining Possibilities, Storytelling, Research, Science, Mathematics,and Performing in front of an audience. The standards addressed are Mathematics,Science, Listening and Speaking, Thinking and Reasoning, and Working with Others.