Challenges

Instant Challenge

Purpose: Work together to solve a problem in five to eight minutes.

Students build quick, creative and critical thinking skills, learn to work together, use curiosity, and solve problems with confidence and tenacity.

Team Challenge

Purpose: Create a unique solution to a problem established by the National Destination Imagination organization.

Unlike the Instant Challenges, the Team Challenge is a long term project that is showcased at Regional Tournament.

Sneak Peek: 2022-23 Challenge Overviews

Students:

• work together – every team member plays a role in developing the solution
• develop and utilize skills in the areas of art, writing, technology, performance, engineering, and music
• learn and practice project management skills (meet deadlines, stay within a specified budget)

Team Challenge in Action
The video below is the Ossining DI Cool Koala’s Team Challenge from the 2018 NY Eastern Regional Tournament. The Cool Koala’s were first and second graders taking part in the Early Learning/Rising Stars® challenge Friends Everywhere. This challenge required the team to:

• Explore how children of different cultures live, learn and play
• Create and present a play that tells a story about 2 different cultures
• Present similarities and differences between the 2 cultures
• Design and build a prop that will transform and be used in 2 different ways
• Create costumes and scenery to help tell the story