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Odyssey of the Mind Information Meeting

Odyssey of the Mind Information Meeting. OVERVIEW. Definition Benefits Participants Competition/Kinds of Problems Sequence Requirements Team Formation 2013-2014 Problems Important Dates Conclusions. WHAT IS OOTM?.

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Odyssey of the Mind Information Meeting

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  1. Odyssey of the Mind Information Meeting

  2. OVERVIEW • Definition • Benefits • Participants • Competition/Kinds of Problems • Sequence • Requirements • Team Formation • 2013-2014 Problems • Important Dates • Conclusions

  3. WHAT IS OOTM? An international educational program/competition which provides creative problem solving opportunities for students, K-college

  4. BENEFITS Participants learn: • Team-building skillsby working in groups • How to effectively brainstorm • How to identify the real challenge • How to seek out-of-the-box solutions • How to think on their feet • How to present solutions and answers in a large group setting • How to “open up” and express themselves • How to work independently

  5. PARTICIPANTS ANY student in grades Kindergarten through college Division 1: K-5th grade K- 2 does Primary Problem Division 2: 6th through 8th grade Division 3: 9th through 12th grade Division 4: College students

  6. COMPETITION • Preparation begins in September (or earlier if team stays together) for March regional competition • Consists of two parts: • Long term problem • Spontaneous problem

  7. LONG TERM PROBLEMS (5 kinds) Mechanical/Vehicle: Teams design, build and operate vehicles of various sizes and with various power sources

  8. LONG TERM PROBLEMS Technical Performance: Teams make innovative contraptions and incorporate artistic elements into their solutions.

  9. LONG TERM PROBLEMS Classics: Teams write and perform skit based upon the classical -- from literature to architecture to art.

  10. LONG TERM PROBLEMS Structure: Teams design and build structures using only balsa wood and glue which are weight tested.

  11. LONG TERM PROBLEMS Performance: Teams present performances that revolve around a specific theme and incorporate required elements.

  12. LONG TERM PROBLEM GUIDANCE • Places multiple constraints on the team which they must consider as they develop their solution. • Examples for performance: • Must be done 8 minutes or less • Must be done in a presentation area not larger than 7 feet by 10 feet • Is judged in many areas • Could garner penalty points for a variety of infractions

  13. SPONTANEOUS PROBLEMS • Verbal • Verbal Hands-On • Hands-On

  14. SEQUENCE • Parents/students attend orientation (May/June & August/September) • Students choose problem/coaches volunteer • Teams form/formed • Meetings held (September through March) • School registers for competition (January) • Teams practice/dry run (February-March) • Teams compete at Regional level (March)

  15. REQUIREMENTS • School membership fee ($135/first team, $100/addl teams) • Coaches • Places to meet • Funds for long term problem ($125-$145/team) • Competition registration fee ($60/team) • One Judge and one volunteer from each team(CEUs for teachers) • COMMITMENT • Students TIME Hard work Open mind Positive attitude Encouragement Creativity Punctuality Sense of humor Teamwork Respect • Parents Funds Time Punctuality Planning < $30/student to participate

  16. TEAM FORMATION • Teams consist of 5 to 7 members • Teams form in many ways throughout US: • Gifted (as defined by the school district) • Try-out • Test • Lottery • Coaches choose • Coaches form • Coordinator forms • Students form • Teachers form

  17. TEAM FORMATION Method is School’s choice NOTE: Recommend school coordinator not guarantee placement of any student on a team unless that student’s parent or guardian is a coach.

  18. 2013-2014 PROBLEMS

  19. MECHANICAL/VEHICLE • Problem 1: Driver's Test • Teams will design, build, and drive a vehicle that will travel a course where a student driver attempts to complete tasks in order to pass a driver’s test. • Vehicle will travel using one propulsion system and then travel in reverse using a different propulsion system. • Vehicle will encounter a directional signal and have a Global Positioning System (GPS) that talks to the driver. • Teams will create a theme for the presentation that incorporates the vehicle, a driver’s test, a student, and the talking GPS. 
Cost limit: $145 USD.

  20. TECHNICAL • Problem 2: The Not-So-Haunted House • Teams will create and present an original performance that includes a "pop-up-style" not-so-haunted "house" where four special effects take place. • Intent of the special effects will be to scare others, but they will produce a different result instead. • Performance will include at least one character that experiences the special effects and a narrator who relays the experiences to the audience. • Performance will also include a surprise ending and special effects will be scored for originality and engineering. 
Cost limit: $145 USD.

  21. CLASSICS • Problem 3: It’s How We Rule • Teams will re-create a King's Court from history and make their own Royal Court set in an original kingdom at a different time and place. • The Historic Court will issue a decree that fits in with its history, while the team-created Royal Court will issue a decree that changes an everyday behavior for the people in the kingdom. • The Historic court will be composed as the team wishes, but the original Royal Court will be made up of a leader, a minstrel that performs a song while playing a team-created instrument, and a jester that makes fun of the leader. • Performance will include puppets and a Peoplet (a person portrayed as a puppet), and will be scored for humor. 
Cost limit: $125 USD.

  22. STRUCTURE • Problem 4: The Stackable Structure (sponsored by NASA) • Teams will design and build a structure made up of separate components stacked on top of one another. • Structure components will be made of only balsa wood and glue, and will be tested by balancing and supporting weights after they are stacked. • Teams will be scored for the number of components they use in their final structure. • Before they are stacked, the separate components will be integrated into an artistic representation of Earth. • Teams will include the stacking of the components, placement of the weights, and Earth into the theme of its performance. 
Cost limit: $145 USD.

  23. THEATRICAL • Problem 5: Seeing is Believing • Teams will create and present an original performance about a community that feels threatened by something in a location it has never visited. • The community townspeople will use a creative method to select one or more Travelers to visit and explore the location. • While at the location, a Traveler will use a means of communication to send a message home to convince the community that there is nothing to fear. • Performance will also include a narrator character, two rhymes about the travels, and a moving set piece. 
Cost limit: $125 USD.

  24. Primary • Primary: The World’s First Art Festival Grades K-2 • Teams will create and present an original humorous performance about a prehistoric art festival. • Festival will include artwork, dance, music, song, and — of course — a team-created audience to experience it all. • Teams will also create a backdrop that is a replica of a cave painting. Cost limit: $125 USD.

  25. IMPORTANT DATES • Problems Released: During first full week in September • Coaches’ Training: 16 Nov 13 Mandatory for new coaches (Tuscarora HS) • T-shirt Design Submissions: TBD • Spontaneous Coaches’ Workshop: 7 Dec 13 (Park View HS) • Regional Registration: 6 Dec-6 Jan, with payment via MAIL only • T-shirt Orders Due: TBD, with payment via MAIL only • Judges’ Training: 8 Feb 14 (Park View HS) • Regional Competitions: • Region 14 (Catoctin): Saturday, 15 Mar 14 (Tuscarora HS) • Region 16 (Dulles): Saturday, 29 Mar 14 (Park View HS) • State Competition: Saturday, 26 Apr, Franklin County HS • World Competition: May 2014, Iowa State

  26. CONCLUSIONS • OOTM is an excellent program given benefits realized. • An OOTM program is only limited by the number of coaches available. • Students who compete are all winners no matter where they place in competition.

  27. Questions?

  28. Backup Slides

  29. ORIGINATION • Developed by Dr. Sam Micklus, professor at Rowan University • Challenged his students to create vehicles without wheels, mechanical pie throwers and floatation devices to travel across a lake. • Evaluated solutions not only on success but on ingenuity applied and risks taken. • Students had FUN, word spread and people outside the college “wanted in.” • Led to the development of this world-wide creative problem solving competition.

  30. VERBAL Example • Name things that are “red” • Student should think of all of the definitions of “red,” i.e.: • an apple • a newspaper • Ready at the Switch • bread and butter • red skies at night • A map • blood • ready, set, go • Gingerbread • Giant redwoods • Readiness

  31. VERBAL HANDS-ON Example • Team is given any number of group of materials/things: PIECE OF STRING, 2 PENCILS, COFFEE FILTER, MEAT BASTER, 6 PAPER CLIPS, 2 MARBLES, PAPER CUP, PAPER PLATE, 12" SQUARE OF ALUMINUM FOIL, 24" PIECE OF YARN, RULER OR YARDSTICK, NAPKIN (PAPER OR CLOTH), 2 RUBBER BANDS, BUSINESS-SIZE ENVELOPE, 6 MARSHMALLOWS, SHEET OF PAPER, 3 COTTON BALLS, PLASTIC SPOON, BALLOON, TENNIS BALL, TOOTHBRUSH, COIN, PLASTIC BAG, HAT, SURGICAL MASK, CLOTHES PIN, ERASER ETC. • Each member chooses three items • Team is told items are clues uncovered from a previously unknown civilization • Each must describe how those objects may have been used in that civilization’s way of life. • Example: Meat baster may have been used to water plants in a greenhouse.

  32. HANDS-ON Example • Usually the most difficult • Each team is given 40 pieces of spaghetti, 15 pieces of elbow macaroni, 25 miniature marshmallows, 10 toothpicks, 4 straws, and 5 adhesive mailing labels, 5 pounds of penny nails and a pint size plastic container. • Team has 7 minutes to make a structure and 2 minutes to test it. They may talk during build.

  33. HANDS-ON Example (continued) • Structure is scored on height and strength. • Must rest on the surface of the table and may not lean against a wall or be supported by anything else. • After completed team must place the container on top of structure. • Judges will measure height from the surface of the table to the top of the container. • Must be at least 8 inches high to receive score.

  34. HANDS-ON Example (continued) • Once measured team must begin placing weights in container, one at a time. • Weight must be held for 3 seconds to count for score. • Problem is finished when structure breaks, when all the weights have been used, or when time ends.

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