Stack ‘Em Up
Teamwork
Using just the rubber-band-and-string device, your team must stack
the cups in a pyramid with 4 cups on the bottom row, 3 on the
second row, 2 on the third, and 1 cup on the top row.
You will have 1 minute to discuss and plan your solution.
Your team will have 6 minutes to build your pyramid. During the 6minute building time, your team may not talk.
Tying the Knot
Teamwork
Each member of your team must place one hand on the piece of
rope. Once a hand is placed on the rope, that hand is frozen to the
rope.
Your team must now tie a knot in the rope, between the two
markers in the center of the rope.
Your team will have 1 minute to plan and discuss your solution and
6 minutes to create your solution to the Challenge.
Blind Polygon
Teamwork
Your team should stand in a circle with each team member holding
the rope. You cannot let go of the rope.
While blindfolded, your team must transform the rope circle into a
perfect square. When your team thinks you have a perfect square,
you may place the rope on the ground and remove your blindfolds.
Helium Hula Hoop
Teamwork
For this Challenge, your team will stand in a circle with your arms
extended and one index finger pointed to the center of the circle.
The hula hoop will be placed on your index fingers. At no point can
your index finger be removed from the hula hoop.
Work as a team to lower the hula hoop to the ground. The hula
hoop must stay level and no team member’s finger can lose
contact with the hula hoop.
Back to Back Drawing
Teamwork
Two teammates will stand back-to-back. One teammate will
attempt to draw a copy of a picture as the other teammate
describes the image to them.
The teammate drawing the copy may not talk to the teammate
giving the description.
Clownsortium
Teamwork
Your team will use the materials provided to develop a non-verbal
communication system and then use this system to help get clowns
to their correct workshop at the CLOWNvention.
You will have 5 minutes to develop your communication system.
You will have 3 minutes to use this system to sort Clowns for score.
Go!
Teamwork
Your team will stand in a circle with one team member in the
middle of the circle.
That team member (person A) will make eye contact with someone
in the circle (person B). Person B should then say “Go!” and
Person A will begin to walk to space occupied by Person B. Person
B should then make eye contact with another member of the group
who should then say “Go!” to allow Person B to move to their
space. The process continues until everyone in the group is able to
move without movement stopping.
Beach Ball Brainstorm
Idea Generation
Your Team Manager will ask a question and then throw the beach
ball to a team member. That team member should immediately
provide an answer to the question and then pass the ball to
another team member. That team member will give a different
answer and pass the ball along to another team member, and so
on. The ball can be passed to a team member more than once, but
must be passed to each team member at least once.
Mind Spin
Idea Generation
At the start of time, each team member will begin writing ideas
related to the question. Once an idea is written on a card, the card
should be placed to the left of the team member.
If at any point a team member gets stuck, they can pick up a card
from the idea stack of the person to their right. They can either
piggy-back from this idea on a new card or write a clarifying
question on the card. They should then place that card in the stack
to their left.
ABC Brainstorming
Idea Generation
List the alphabet vertically down the side of a page.
Your team must provide an idea for each letter of the alphabet
related to the question asked by your Team Manager.
Race for Fluency
Idea Generation
Your team will split into two separate groups.
When time starts, each group will begin to generate ideas and write
them on the provided sheet of paper.
The first group to write down 20 unique ideas will receive a prize.
Mix and Match
Idea Generation
Create a 5x5 grid of blank squares.
Label the columns with the following:
1.
Hero
2.
Villain
3.
Conflict
4.
Setting
5.
Humorous Twist
Fill in an idea for each square. Your team will then select at random a
different square from each column. You will then use the selected
elements to create a story.
Strong-Weak-Special
Idea Directing
Given a list of ideas, evaluate each idea according to the following
elements.
1. Strong – What are the strengths of the idea?
2. Weak – What the weaknesses or challenges to the idea?
3. Special – What makes this idea special? Is it extremely
humorous? Does it have an aspect that is truly novel?
By doing this, you will foster effective discussion about each idea
and help your team evaluate ideas for use in the Challenge
Solution.
Objective Ranking
Idea Directing
Using a list of generated ideas, each team member should rank the
ideas in the order of their preference. The team should then assign
point values to the ranking (1st = 10 pts, 2nd = 8 pts, 3rd = 6 pts,
etc.). Add up the scores for each idea. The ideas with the highest
overall ranking can be further discussed for their various strengths
and weaknesses.
Choice Helper
Idea Directing
The team should select criteria for evaluating solution options.
After selecting criteria, team members should score each option
according each criterion on a scale (1-5 or 1-10). Once all options
have been scored, team members can compile the scores and find
the solution options that have the highest scores according the
established criteria. The team can then select a solution to begin
working through.
Instant
Challenge