NHICC is NH-DI - New Hampshire Destination ImagiNation by New Hampshire's Incredible Creativity Connection

2008-2009 Challenge Summaries

Here are the Challenge summaries for the 2008-2009 program year! Complete challenges will be available on September 1 to registered teams.

Challenge A: Operation Cooperation

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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!

Challenge B: Instinct Messaging

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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.

Challenge C: ViDIo Lit Hits

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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 !

Challenge D: Private DI®

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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!

Challenge E: A New Angle!

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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!

projectOUTREACH®: Take Charge

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Educational Focus: Educational Focus: Service Learning, Research, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Youth Empowerment,
Teamwork, Marketing, Communication, Project Management.

The Destination: Where This Challenge Will Take You!
You can have it both ways! Now is the time to take charge of your school and make a difference. Rally your peers and to dive into food groups to encourage and to get moving more. Get ready to serve it up and work it out with this first season of
Destination ImagiNation projectOUTREACH.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The projectOUTREACH Destination ImagiNation is a pilot program. New Hampshire has been selected as one of the pilot affiliates. Teams choosing this challenge will compete at New Hampshire State Finals. Team may advance to Global Finals.

See the 2007-2008 summaries.

See the 2006-2007 summaries.