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CHALLENGE PROGRAM
2016-17 SEASON / START A TEAM TODAY
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WHAT WE WILL SEE TODAY

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WHO WE ARE PROGRAM TEAM PRICING QUESTIONS
OVERVIEW CHALLENGES
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About Us
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WHAT WE DO

Student teams solve open-

ended Challenges and
present their solutions at
tournaments

Teams learn important life

skills like project
management,
collaboration, conflict
resolution, and creative
and critical thinking
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OUR IMPACT

150,000 participants
annually
1.5 million alumni
38,000 volunteers
worldwide
48 States & 30 countries
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WHO

2 to 7 members can be on a
team
Students from kindergarten
through university participate
Each team needs an adult Team
Manager
Team Managers help students
stay on track but do not directly
help the team develop its
solution to the Destination
Imagination (DI) Challenge
Team Managers are often faculty
members or parents
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THE CHALLENGES

There are seven new Challenges to choose from each year

Each of the Challenges is developed by a team of educators and subject
matter experts
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WHEN

Each season
takes place from
September
through May

Teams typically
spend 2 to 4
months
planning,
developing and
practicing their
Challenge
solutions
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WHERE

The teams Most schools run

solutions are DI as an after-
assessed at school program
regional, state or
country
tournaments

Every year, local

Some school
volunteers help
districts
run more than
incorporate the
200 tournaments
DI program into
around the world
their curriculum
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WHY

Teams in our program learn higher

order thinking and improve in
creative thinking, critical thinking
and collaborative problem solving
Our participants experience the
creative process, develop new
friendships and learn to
worktogether
DI demonstrates that learning can
be FUN
DI identifies, celebrates and builds
on a student's strengths
DI provides authentic learning and
authentic assessment
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HOW

Teams choose one of seven

Challenges
After weeks spent creating
and developing their
solutions, they go to a
tournament
Top-scoring teams
advance, and the top tier
goes to our Global Finals
tournamentthe worlds
largest celebration of
creativity
17,000+ attend Global
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GLOBAL FINALS

DI is the best thing you will
ever do for your childs
education, as well as for
helping to shape his or her
future as an innovator and

leader.
Melissa Dick,
Parent and Team Manager
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TECHNICAL

The Technical Challenge prompts students to

complete tasks by using engineering, research,
strategic planning and related skills.
Present a show that includes an opening act and a
headlining act.
Design and build a stage on which the acts will
take place and that will move a team member
from one location to another.
Enhance each act with a technical effect to amaze
the audience.
Create and present two Team Choice Elements
that show off the teams interest, skills, areas of
strength, and talents.
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SCIENTIFIC

The Scientific Challenge blends the research and

curiosity of science with the thrill and creativity
of the theater arts.
Create and present a story about a secret
mission.
Research and apply methods from
cryptography and steganography to reveal
secret messages.
Design and create a gadget that appears to
be an everyday item.
Create and integrate a disguised character
into the story.
Create and present two Team Choice Elements
that show off the teams interests, skills,
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ENGINEERING

The Engineering Challenge asks teams to

design, build and test load-bearing structures
out of specificmaterials.
Design, build and test multiple free-standing
structures that work together.
Develop a strategy for placing structures to
support as much weight as possible.
Develop and present a collaborative solution to a
global issue.
Create and present two Team Choice Elements
that highlight the teams interests, skills, areas of
strength, and talents.
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FINE ARTS

In the Fine Arts Challenge, students flex their

acting and artistic muscles as they explore
some of our most fascinating works of
literature andmedia.
Research the meanings, roles and uses of colors.
Present a story about how the disappearance of a
color changes the world.
Create a colorful character that is involved with
the colors disappearance.
Use technical theater methods to create a
vanishing act.
Create and present two Team Choice Elements
that show off the teams interests, skills, areas of
strength, and talents.
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IMPROVISATIONAL

The Improvisational Challenge is all about

spontaneity and storytelling. Teams receive
topics and produce skits right on thespot.
Create three improvisational skits from the
same story prompt.
Present each skit in a different performance
genre.
Portray a different stock character in each
skit.
Enhance each skit with props.
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SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT OUTREACH

The Service Learning Challenge is designed to

engage students in community service to
address real community issues through
personalexpression.
Identify, design, plan and carry out a project that
addresses a real community need.
Create a live presentation of a team-created fable
that integrates information about the project.
Include an impact prop and a character that
changes appearance.
Create and present two Team Choice Elements
that show off the teams interests, skills, areas of
strength, and talents.
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EARLY LEARNING - RISING STARS!

Rising Stars! is a Challenge created for early

learners. To solve the Challenge, 4- to 7-year-
old children work together on performances
complete with characters, props and scripts.
Learn about simple and complex machines.
Use simple machines to create and build a new
invention.
Create a play that tells a story about how the new
invention helps to save the day.
Create props, scenery and costumes to help tell
the story.
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AT THE TOURNAMENT

At a tournament, a team will receive an

Instant Challenge and the materials with
which to solve it.
The team members must think on their feet
to produce a solution to the Challenge in a
period of just five to eight minutes.
Instant Challenges are performance-based,
task-based, or a combination of the two.
Instant Challenges are kept confidential until
the day of thetournament.
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FLYING FEATHER

Challenge: Build the tallest possible structure, place a feather on the top and
then blow the feather off to land as far away as possible.

Time: You have 5 minutes to use your teamwork, creativity and innovation skills
to build the structure with the materials provided. You will then have one chance
to blow the feather as far as you can.

The Scene: You have been asked to build a new prop for the sequel to The
Muppets. The structure must be free-standing on the table top and must be as
tall as possible so that the feather can fly a long distance. After the 5-minute
build-time, the height of the structure will be measured. You will then place the
feather on the top of the structure and, with one large puff of air, see how far the
feather will fly.

Materials: aluminum foil, 2 paper clips, 4 straws, 3 sheets of paper, 4 pipe

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AT THE TOURNAMENT

At the tournament, teams will

participate in two types of
Challenges: Team Challenges
and Instant Challenges
Teams will present their
Challenge solutions to a group
of Appraisers
Appraisers are local volunteers
who have been trained to
assess the Challenges
Teams will solve an Instant
Challenge, which requires them
to engage in quick, creative
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Destination Imagination administers its program through state and country Affiliates worldwide. To
participate in a tournament, teams must register with their Affiliate. There are additional fees for Affiliate
administration, Affiliate Tournaments and Challenge budgets. Some of our Affiliates have directed us to
collect their Affiliate fees* with the purchase of your Team Number.

CHALLENGE PROGRAM CHALLENGE PROGRAM EARLY LEARNING EARLY LEARNING

TEAM NUMBER TEAM NUMBER TEAM NUMBER TEAM NUMBER

$ 125 $ 105 $ 75 $ 65
2 or more 2 or more
2-7 Team Members 2-7 Team Members Team Members Team Members
1 Team Number 1 Team Number Rising Stars! Rising Stars!
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ages 4-7 ages 4-7
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