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 numbered cans. You may use only the materials given to direct the team members and you may not talk. You will be given instructions as to which color balls go into which cans after your 3 minutes practice time.
You will have 5 minutes to perform your problem. You win receive 10 points for every ball in the correct can, and 5 points taken off for every ball in the incorrect can.
Practice Real
White balls- can #1 Red balls – can #1
Black balls – can #2 Blue balls – can #2
Blue balls – can #3 White balls – can #3
Red balls – can #4 Purple balls -can #4
Purple balls – can #5 Black balls – can #5
Coach/Judge’s note: Use about 10 balls of each color. Place the balls in piles according to color, and cans in numerical order. Give team practice instructions for the first 3 minutes and the real instructions for the 5 minute time period.