Saturday, March 23, 2013

Wren: Odyssey of the Mind

Wren has been working for the last 3 months on a team project called Odyssey of the Mind.  The organization Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program.

So the regional competition was today here in Walla Walla.  The problem that they needed to solve was called the Pet Project.
  
Problem 1: Pet Project
Divisions I, II, & III
The problem is to design, build, and run three vehicles that will deliver parts to an Assembly Area. The team will create a signal that lets the audience know which vehicle is about to travel and deliver a part. The parts will be assembled into a pet animal. Once assembly is completed, the animal will perform a trick. The theme of the presentation must include the delivery of the parts, the assembly, and the pet animal.
Cost limit: $145 USD.
 


Wren is working on editing a video and we will post it on youtube and share it with family and friends when it is finished.  The team did a great job working together to solve this problem.  Great work team!




 

1 comment:

  1. I used Odyssey of the Mind problems when I worked with "gifted" students in Potter Valley.
    Jake was on a team in High school. Great stuff!

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