NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

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…

Given: Two pans, 2 small paper plates, a few sheets of paper, 2 straws, a rubber band, scissors and tape. Your mission is to build a catapult that will throw 3″ x 3″ pieces of paper that are crumpled up. You have…

Given: An eraser, juice box, paper plate, 3 straws, 1 oz. of Playdough, one pencil Line up 6 empty soda cans in a pyramid formation. From 4 feet away, knock over the cans using only the materials provided. No body parts may…

Given: One soda can, 5 dried beans, a belt, one piece tin foil, a ruler, one piece paper and a pencil. Blindfold 2 team members. The remaining team members must direct the 2 blindfolded team members to place colored ping-pong balls into…

Given: A ball of clay, five blindfolds. Blindfold all five team members. A ball of clay will be passed from one team member to another. Each team member must contribute some shaping to the clay to result in a finished product. Points…

Given: One square foot of aluminum foil, one ball of yarn, 2 feet of tape, 2 crayons, 2 sheets of paper. Create a children’s toy out of the materials given. It must have at least one fully functional feature.

Given: Obstacle course and blindfold. Set up an course using your choice of obstacles. Blindfold one team member. The other team members must devise a means of communication with the blindfolded team member. The blindfolded team member must navigate the obstacle course…

Given: Rolling pin, 12″ craft wire, 2 Styrofoam cups, 3 paper plates, 4 mailing labels, 20″ string, 1 ball clay, 24″ masking tape, 2 pencils, 4 marbles, 4 pieces typing paper, 2 ping pong balls, ‘2 empty soda cans, 2 full soda…

Given: Masking tape, 5 cardboard circles each marked with one of these numbers – 1, 3, 5, -2 and 0, and a blindfold. Inside a 10 x 20 foot area are place numbered cardboard circles. Blindfold one team member. The remaining team…

Given: Five paper clips, 5 straws, 20 wooden sticks, 2-10″ pieces of tape, 6 rubber bands, a paper cup, pennies and a bowl of water large enough to float your structure. Build a raft that will float. It then must hold the…