World Champion Rubber Chickens II
photo credit: bionicteaching
We are the World Champion Rubber Chickens II. Destination Imagination is an extra-curricular activity in which we make up our own play (In some challenges we don’t, for instance the challenge we did is called ‘Hit or Myth’, where we took an old folk tale or legend and used the scientific method to see if a particular thing could actually happen. We chose “The Little Hero of Holland” by Mary Mapes Dodge and what we tested was if Peter, the little hero, could really hold back the water from leaking through a hole in the dike about the size of your finger overnight to save Holland, we proved he couldn’t.) and we perform it in front of judges, they will then ‘grade’ us, we also have an instant challenge, where we have about 4 minutes to practise and make up our play, or build our building , or do whatever the instant challenge requires, where as in the central challenge we have all year to practise it. Whoever gets the highest score, once both the central and the instant challenges are graded and added up, gets a higher placing. We have qualified to go to Globals, though there is a huge team entry fee.
Dear Sasha,
Thank you for explaining how Destination Imagination works. I had no idea, but your explanation was so vivid I can *see* it.
Would you please describe or define what you mean by the “scientific method?” How did your team prove that Peter couldn’t have held back the water?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You’re a very good writer. I’ll look forward to reading more of your posts. Actually, I think I’ll subscribe to your RRS feed. Cheers!
Best regards,
Judith
Judith, the scientific method is where you use PHEOC(”P” for problem, “H” for hypothesis, “E” for experiment, “O” for observation, and “C” for conclusion.) to solve your problem. We proved it by using the scientific method, we made a scale model of a dike, then, one of us stuck our finger in the hole we poked through the dike, the water started ot dribble through within a couple minutes.
Sasha,
Thank you! Your explanation was great. I *got* it.
I’ve never used the PHEOC to describe the scientific method. But it definitely works. Thanks again!
Judith
Well, actually we stuck a rubber glove filled with sugar in the hole, but I think you get the point.