NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Given: Two large books, a balloon, a miniature set of pliers, two pieces of notebook paper. T he books are heavy and placed about two inches apart. The object is to separate the books, without touching them, at least five inches.

Given: 50 straws, one block of clay. With two minutes to discuss and three minutes to build, construct a structure as high as possible using as much of the materials as possible. There is to be no talking. Scoring: One point per complete…

Given: one straw, one foot of string, one mailing label, one paper clip, tennis balls, one rubber band, one toothpick, one ballpoint pen, one popsicle stick. You have two minutes to build and test something that can catch a tennis ball thrown…

Given: 20 toothpicks, one foot long piece of masking tape, 1/4 can of Play-doh, one piece of paper, four straws, four paper clips, one roll of pennies. You must build a structure at least 10 inches tall. You must use a team…

Given: clear lidded container full of pre-counted dry beans, two small paper cups, one plastic cup, one ruler, one piece of paper, one pencil. The team will have three minutes to solve this problem. The solution may be discussed with teammates at…

The task is to move all five team members from point A to point B (20 feet) as quickly as possible. At no time may more than three hands or feet (or combination thereof) be in contact with the floor. All members…

Given: 50 straight pins, 50 straws. Build the tallest structure possible in five minutes.

Given: 20 marshmallows, 50 toothpicks. Build the tallest structure possible in five minutes.

Given: 9 whole pencils. See how many equilateral triangles you can form.

Given: 5 straws, three paper clips, rubber band, paper, small plastic container, 25 wine bottle corks. Build a structure that holds as many corks as possible. The score for each cork is its height in inches above the surface. Total Score: sum…