NEPA Odyssey of the Mind

Given: 25″ of string, 4 paper clips, 4 straws, 50 cotton swabs and a bucket with a handle. How many cotton swabs can you get into the bucket from 10 feet away?

Given: Five small lumps of clay and 15 toothpicks. Give each team member a small lump of clay and 3 toothpicks. Make something using some/all of the items. Be creative!

Given: Four student desks, 1-12″ pieces of string, 25 blown up balloons, and 4 self stick labels. Your team has 3 minutes to stick all the balloons to the desks. They may not touch the floor at any time.

Given: Aluminum foil, mouse trap, 4 ft. of string, play dough, birthday candle, 8 x 12 piece of paper, 2 paper cups, 2 pie tins and a stick. Using the materials given you must extinguish the birthday candle (you cannot blow it…

Given: 25 tennis balls, 1 – 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet paper, 4 rubber bands, 2 mailing labels, 1- 36″ piece of string, 2 paper clips, 2 toothpicks, one balloon and one cotton ball. Make a structure or structures out of the…

Given: Ten pieces spaghetti, 2 straws, one mailing label, 1 – 8 1/ 2 x 1 1 sheet of paper, 2 – 3″ x 5″ cards, 4 toothpicks, 1 – 12″ piece of string, 2 cotton balls,20 saltine crackers and 20 rigatoni…

Given: Poster board, 5 pieces typing paper, 3 mailing labels and scissors. Build a single structure that stretches from edge of the poster board to the other edge. You have 5 minutes to discuss and build. The structure will be measured at…

Given: A 4″ x 5″ piece of aluminum foil, a tub of water and a pile of pennies. Use the aluminum foil to build a boat to hold as many pennies as possible. You have 5 minutes to build and test the…

Given: Four 3″ nails with heads, 5 labels and 100 straws. Build a structure to hold straws. If a straw touches the table, deduct 5 points. Score one point for each straw not touching the table.

Given: Model Magic modeling compound, florists wire (either 15″ lengths or on ball), 3/8″ x 12″ dowel rod, 4″ square wooden base, lollipop sticks and scissors. Using only the items given, create an artist’s figurine. The figurine must be in human form…