Halloween Haunt STEAM Challenge

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Get ready for a spine-tingling adventure with our Halloween Haunt STEAM Challenge! In this activity, kids will design and build a spooky experience for a local event. But it’s more than just Halloween fun—they will also integrate a special STEAM feature to bring their spooky creation to life. From LED-lit ghosts to moving gears and […]

Join the Challenge Experience: 2024-25 Team Numbers Now Available!

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Get ready for another incredible year of creativity, collaboration, and innovation! Team Numbers for the 2024-25 season of the Destination Imagination (DI) Challenge Experience are now available. Discover the 2024-25 Team ChallengesFrom engineering marvels to theatrical extravaganzas, our STEAM-based Challenges are designed to ignite curiosity and inspire young minds. We offer six different competitive Team […]

Pool Party Challenge: Make a Splash with STEAM!

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Summer is here, and what better way to keep the kids engaged than with an exciting STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) challenge? In our Pool Party STEAM Challenge, kids will work together to design and build pool floats for their party guests. This STEAM Challenge is perfect for: Check out the full challenge […]

Our 2024-25 Challenge Previews are Here!

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Whether you’re just learning about Destination Imagination (DI) or have been a participant or volunteer for years, it’s never too early to get excited about our annual Team Challenges. And next season’s Challenge Previews have just been posted!   Check out a sneak peek below and then head to our 2024-25 Challenge Previews page for full […]

Celebrate Pi Day with a STEAMtastic Challenge!

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Pi Day is coming up on March 14, and we’ve cooked up something special just for you – a festive STEAM challenge that will have your kids building, designing, and problem-solving together.  Hold the Pie STEAM Challenge Challenge: Forget just eating pies – let’s build them! Using the materials below, design and create your own […]

Winter Wonderland STEAM Challenge

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Take your kids on the ultimate frosty adventure with our Winter Wonderland STEAM Challenge! Challenge: Your Challenge is to create a Winter Wonderland scene that incorporates at least 1 team-created Special Feature. The Special Feature must be created and/or operated using at least 1 STEM principle. This includes, but is not limited to, principles in […]

Instant Challenge: Exploring Material Properties

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The Instant Challenge component of the Destination Imagination Challenge Experience helps your team learn how to quickly assess a situation, make a plan, and work together to create a solution in a very short period of time. A variety of our Instant Challenges require your team to use certain materials to solve the Challenge. When […]

Navigating Destination Imagination: How to Choose the Perfect Program

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Creativity is a skill that is essential in today’s world. It is the ability to think outside the box, come up with new ideas, and solve problems in innovative ways. At Destination Imagination, our goal is to teach kids and teens the creative process—a step-by-step approach that helps them to better understand problems, ask better […]

23-24 Team Numbers Now Available!

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Ready to use your creativity and imagination in an adventure of a lifetime? We are thrilled to kick off our 2023-24 season of Destination Imagination (DI)! Teams can choose to be part of our in-person Challenge Experience, where they can take on one of our seven standard STEAM-based Team Challenges, or they can opt for our […]

STEAM Activity: Build a Flying Device

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Ready to take your children’s imaginations to new heights? For this STEAM activity, kids will have the chance to create a new and innovative flying device of their own design! But here’s the best part: THEY get to decide what the flying device will be used for! Will it be a delivery drone that drops […]

Join the 2023 Digital Open STEAM Competition

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Looking for a STEAM program that’s flexible enough to meet your needs? Join us for the 2023 Digital Open! The Digital Open is a seven-week, travel-free STEAM competition open to elementary, middle school, high school, and university students worldwide. Teams can solve the challenge together in person, remotely, at school, or from the comfort of their own homes! […]

Become an Instant Challenge Developer!

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Have ideas for Instant Challenges? We are excited to announce that the applications to become a Destination Imagination Instant Challenge Developer are now available! Becoming a member of the Instant Challenge Development team is a great way to engage with DI as an adult volunteer. By bringing together varied, like-minded, and collaborative people, DI has […]