Destination ImagiNation 2013-14 Challenges

DI celebrates problem solving skills, creativity, teamwork, and perseverance.

Interested in finding out more about DI?  Attend an Open House at Town Center Elementary on Monday Sep 23, at 6 pm.

Unable to make the Coppell session? There are two more sessions planned-

• Sept. 24 – Bush Middle School, 515 Cowboys Pkwy., Irving
• Sept. 26 – Forestwood Middle School, 2810 Morriss Rd., Flower Mound

Questions about DI or interested in joining/forming a team?  Contact Tejas Purani, the Coppell DI Coordinator. For a parent perspective on DI, read  Destination Imagination- A parent’s perspective.

2013-14 Challenge Preview

(click for more information at destinationimagination.org)

Technical: Dig In (A)

• Design and build equipment to detect objects in their hiding places
• Use team designed and built equipment to take the objects out of their hiding places.
• Move objects across the finish line.
• Create and present a story about a technology that detects things a human cannot sense without help.

Scientific: Going to Extremes (B)

• Explore an Extreme Environment that exists in our universe.
• Present a Story about characters who adapt to survive in the Extreme Environment.
• Design and create Extreme Gear that is demonstrated by using Technical Methods.
• Design and create a depiction of the Extreme Environment.

Fine Arts: Laugh Art Loud (C)

• Research works of art created by artists who were born in a nation other than the team’s own
• Theatrically present a comic strip that is based on a work of art created by the artist from the nation
• Create three live comic strip panels.
• Create an ARTifact that is inspired by the work of art.
• Design and create a Caption Contraption for one of the comic strip panels.

Improvisational: Pandemonium (D)

• Create an original five-minute Improvisation Skit
• Develop the interaction between a character from the past and a contemporary character.
• Show how those characters work, using the time period, their occupations and skills, to deal with Pandemonium.
• Use stage makeup to create, develop, and/or enhance one skit character.

Structural: The Tension Builds (E)

• Build a structure that will be tested against two forces at the same time.
• Design a prop that will be assembled during your presentation. The prop’s parts must fit completely inside a measured space.
• Create a story in which tension is a threat to stability and is overcome in some way.

Service Learning: Pitch and Play (SL)

• Use the creative process to identify and select at least one real community need.
• Design and carry out a Project that addresses the real community need.
• Use Play to meet the goal(s) of the Project.
• Use a team-created Elevator Pitch to enlist at least one Community Partner.
• The team will create a live Presentation that features the Project.

Rising Stars(Early Learning): Circus! (RS)

• Create your own circus!
• Learn about circuses and the role of the Ringmaster
• Learn about balancing things
• Learn about geometric shapes
• Explore how your team works together to make decisions about the three acts of your circus performance.

Instant Challenge (IC)

• Require teams to engage in quick, creative and critical thinking.
• Each team will receive an IC at the tournament. They are kept confidential until the day of the tournament.
• ICs are performance-based, task-based or a combination of the 2.
• All ICs reward teams for teamwork and creativity.