A SNEAK PEEK AT THE
2008-09
DESTINATON IMAGINATION CHALLENGES
A:
Operation Cooperation
Educational Focus: Technical Design and Construction, Innovation and Design
Process, Research, Experimentation, Strategic Planning, Theater Arts, Teamwork
The Destination: Where This Challenge
Will Take You! People use machines to help
them every day. But can you imagine machines helping other machines – working
together to get the job done? Your team will make Operation Cooperation a
reality when you create two machines that cooperate to help each other. Work
will be twice as easy, and play will be twice as much fun!
B:
Instinct Messaging
Educational
Focus: Theater
Arts (Play writing, Scenic Design and Construction, Performing), Animal Science
(Zoosemiotics), Research, Teamwork
The Destination: Where This
Challenge Will Take You! Have you ever
wondered what animals “say” to each other? Dr. Doolittle knew! We humans
communicate in many ways - we talk, we use gestures, symbols and devices. We
can even use a mobile phone to text message our BFF ;-). Animals don’t
communicate by using phones or computers, but they manage to get their message
across anyway – loud and clear! They use sounds, color, movement and other
tools to warn, inform and network. So get ready to create and communicate –
animal style – and let your audience know what the buzz is all about.
C:
ViDIo Lit Hits
Educational
Focus: Playwriting,
Literature, Fine Arts/Theater Arts (Music, Choreography), Technical Design and
Construction, and Design Process, Teamwork
The Destination: Where This Challenge Will
Take You! Harry Potter dances the Jitterbug?
Lady Macbeth sings the Blues? What?! That’s right! You’ll bring literature
alive as you retell it in your original Live Music ViDIo.
You can make your grand entrance or leave the audience begging for more with
your spectacular exit! Whether you’re doing the Twist or singing Ragtime music
from the turn of the century, you will make the world of literature fun and
exciting - you’ll have the audience dancing out the doors with a song in their hearts!
D:
Private DI®
Educational
Focus: Improvisational Acting, Story Development, Theater Arts,
Team Work, Technical Innovation
The Destination: Where This
Challenge Will Take You! Grab some
popcorn, dim the lights and make yourself comfortable; you are about to be
amazed, mystified, and entertained! Your sleuth is about to solve a
superstitious mystery! Using three film genres, a tantalizingly technical
Superstition Origin Detector and - at the last cliff-hanging minute - a super
surprise, your sleuth will lead us on a wild adventure that will have us on the
edge of our seats!
E: A New Angle!
Educational
Focus: Structural
Engineering, Construction, Research, Innovation and Design Process,
Mathematics, Theater Arts, Teamwork
The Destination: Where This Challenge
Will Take You! The Statue of Liberty
dancing the tango? Mona Lisa’s smile in origami? It’s
fun to look at things from a new angle! Now you get to design, create and
combine a two-part structure that has angled sides, and then see how much
weight it will hold. You’ll also create a new art form by merging two different
artistic media. So excite your ImagiNation by seeing things from A New Angle!
Rising
Stars!® Hidden!
Educational Focus: Imagining Possibilities, Storytelling, Research, Science, Mathematics,
Performing in front of an audience, Team problem solving, Working
with others
The
Destination: Where This Challenge Will
Take You! Sh-h-h-h. Peek around. Do you see something Hidden? Did you
ever wonder what goes on when you shut the refrigerator door? When an ant
scurries into an ant hill? When a whale swallows a school of fish? Close your
eyes! Let your imagination travel. Imagine what happens in a HIDDEN place! Make
up a play. In the play the characters have to solve a problem. Keep looking! Do
you see a gadget? Let the story unfold, a story to be told. It’s all up to you!
NEW IN 2008-09
PROJECTOUTREACH® JOINS THE DI PROGRAM IN 2008-09
After three
years or research and updating of the projectOUTREACH
program we are now ready to pilot this exciting “community service meets CPS”
into the DI program. We will offer ONE projectOUTREACH
Team Challenge along with the 2008-09 DImembership
program materials.
We believe
that this addition to the DI program will provide a relevant, meaningful and
fresh offering for your Middle Level, Secondary Level and University Level teams. Essentially,
the projectOUTREACH Challenge will function as a sixth
Challenge option. As soon as more
information about this exciting new Challenge is available we will forward it
to you! NY-DI intends to fully
participate in this optional program that will help High School Students meet ‘community
service’ requirements for HS Graduation.
For more information about PROJECTOUTREACH® check out the