Challenge Preview. Can be used to select challenge to solve.
Focus: Can be used to help choose the challenge. Is it right for this team? Time Limit: Not the same in every challenge. Know what applies to your challenge. Budget: Not the same in every challenge. Know what applies to your challenge. Side Bar: Teams need to read the Rules of the Road and check for Clarifications
Section A specifies what is required. Sub-Sections tie into the the Reward Points in section D What Does the Challenge Say You Must Do? Each team member must have a copy of the Team Challenge, the Rules of the Road, and the Published Clarifications . Focus on the main parts of the Challenge and then look for specific limitations. What specifics does the team need to know? 2. What Facts Does the Team Know About the Challenge? Have the team members make up Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How questions that they will need to answer. If it doesn’t say the team can’t do something (either in the Challenge itself, the Rules of the Road , or the Published Clarifications ), then the team can. 3. What Else Do They Need to Know? Or Find Out About? If the team is not sure about some aspect of the Challenge, encourage them to request a Team Clarification. This can be done in two ways: By mail, using the Clarification Form in Rules of the Road, or by completing a Clarification Form on the www.destinationimagination.org web site. Use reference books, field trips, resource people. Resource people should never know the specifics of the Challenge. That way there is no way they will accidentally offer Interference.
Side Bar: Definitions. Pay attention to how terms are defined in the challenge. This may be more restrictive or more expansive than what you might otherwise understand the words to mean.
Team Chosen Scoring Elements:, if required. (We discuss side trips in detail in another part of the training.) Section C: Specifies the presentation site minimum size and conditions. Actual site size may be larger.
Section D. Reward Points The difference between objective and subjective points is discussed. . Note the Detail column shows where the item is discussed in the body of the challenge. This is a good summary of what is required in the challenge. Refer back to this page frequently to see if you are doing everything that is required, and if you are spending more time on the elements that are most important. Discuss the challenge at a glance pie chart.
Slides 8 and 9. Tournament Data Form. What's on it. When to start the team thinking about filling it out. May help focus the team's choice of solution.
