NEW THIS SEASON: Review our First Look Document to learn more about each of our competitive Team Challenges.
The Technical Challenge prompts students to complete tasks by using engineering, research, strategic planning and related skills.
Our Scientific Challenge blends the research and curiosity of science with the thrill and creativity of theater arts.
Our Engineering Challenge asks teams to design, build and test load-bearing structures made out of specific materials.
Our Fine Arts Challenge has students flex their acting and creative muscles as they experiment with different types of artistic media and theater arts, write scripts and design props.
Our Improvisational Challenge is all about spontaneity and storytelling. Teams receive topics and produce skits right on the spot.
Our Service Learning Challenge is designed to engage students in public service to address real-life community issues.
Our Rising Stars for Early Learners Challenge offers simple experiences with the creative process, and it gives young kids (preschool through 2nd grade) a place to work together and make new friends.
Instant Challenges require teams to engage in quick, creative and critical thinking.
In a world with growing cultural connections, increased levels and types of communication, and a new need for real-time teamwork and problem solving, the ability to solve problems quickly is becoming increasingly critical.
At a tournament, a team will receive an Instant Challenge and the materials with which to solve it. The team members must think on their feet by applying appropriate skills to produce a solution in a period of just five to eight minutes.
Instant Challenges are performance-based, task-based, or a combination of the two. Although each Instant Challenge has different requirements, all Instant Challenges reward teams for their teamwork. Instant Challenges are kept confidential through the day of the tournament.