Join a team of your peers to tackle one of five crazy challenges! You will have the chance to express your creativity, problem-solving skills and engage in teamwork before presenting your solutions at a regional tournament! Grades 3-8 Teams of 5-7 members work together and unleash their imaginations to tackle one of five crazy challenges. Teams creatively present their solutions in a performance at a regional tournament. Destination Imagination (DI) is the world's largest creative problem-solving competition for youth, with thousands of participants across the U.S. and around the world. DI teams typically meet once each week from November through mid-March. Each team is managed by a parent volunteer and sets their own meeting schedule. Minnetonka Schools DI teams consistently take top honors at every level! Participants learn to think on their feet, develop collaboration and leadership skills and have fun! MORE ABOUT DI: Destination Imagination is a project-based program that builds participants’ creativity, problem solving and teamwork in enjoyable and meaningful ways. The goals of Destination Imagination are for participants to: Foster creative and critical thinking. Learn and apply creative problem solving. Develop teamwork, collaboration and leadership skills. Nurture research and inquiry skills. Enhance and apply written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Encourage competence in, enthusiasm for and commitment to real-life problem solving. ABOUT OUR DI TEAMS: Minnetonka Schools DI Teams... Consist of 5-7 members, often from the same school. Typically meet once each week from November to mid-March. Work together and unleash their imaginations to tackle one of five crazy challenges. Present their solutions in a short performance at regional, state and global tournaments. State tournament typically occurs around Spring Break, with Global Finals in May. Develop collaboration and leadership skills, think on their feet and have fun! ****Meeting dates and times will be set according to the Team Managers’ and participants’ schedules once teams are formed. TEAM MANAGERS: Each team needs an adult Team Manager to facilitate team meetings, tournament logistics and team safety. A good DI Team Manager must: Have a good sense of humor Appreciate creativity and innovation Enjoy working with children and young adults Be interested in helping young people learn creativity, teamwork and problem solving Have a positive and friendly attitude Training, resources and support for Team Managers will be provided. If you are interested in becoming a team manager, please indicate this when you are registering. Find out more about being a team manager here: Team Manager IMPORTANT DATES: Team Challenges Released: See link here DI Teams Created: Late October/Early November All Metro Team Manager Workshop (District 287): TBD West/ Southwest Metro Tournament: Dates for those events will be posted here. State (Affiliate) Tournament: TBD Global Finals: TBD (for those that advance)

Calling all brick enthusiasts! Get ready to stack up the fun and break the mold at our LEGO® Free Build Saturday. Show off your creativity in this fun new community event. Bring the whole family and meet new friends who love LEGO® as much as you do! LEGOs are provided! LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this class.

Design and build solar-powered cars, robots and machines then show them in action. Explore renewable energy, tackle fun challenges and bring your creative engineering ideas to life!

Always wanted to solve a Rubik’s Cube? Learn step-by-step in a fun, hands-on class! We’ll provide the cube, guide you through the moves—and you’ll keep your cube, too! This is an excellent activity for busy hands and curious minds that teaches problem solving, persistence and memory recall. The class is meant for beginners - it isn't speedcubing yet, but a great step towards it!

Design and program up to four motorized robots then show them off in action! Explore sensors movement and engineering concepts while creating tanks, rovers and more. e2 Young Engineers offers an internationally acclaimed Robotics and STEM education program taught in 50+ countries. This program is recognized by Harvard School of Education and European Union as leaders in robotics and science education in the world. This is a problem and project-based learning program where students learn about new Robotics and STEM concepts in every class and apply those concepts by building unique and different operational robots and machines in every class.

Code your own computer bot and join the coding arena! Learn real coding skills while battling bots in fun, friendly competitions. No experience needed—just bring your curiosity and creativity. The Code Championship Series is a series of four tournaments in four weeks (it's ok to miss one or two). These tournaments will be hosted online using Google Meet and the Code Championship website. If you have a modern browser like Chrome or Firefox, no additional download is required. Please come knowing how to navigate the internet (basic typing and mouse control). The link to the Google Meet event will be emailed two days before the tournament.

Inspire your inner engineer! Build and program up to four robotics and motorized projects like rescue helicopters, airplane, dumpster truck, landmine sweeper and learning about gear transmissions, kinematic joints and more! Develop critical thinking and creativity while exploring real-world engineering principles. e2 Young Engineers offers an internationally acclaimed Robotics and STEM education program taught in 50+ countries. This program is recognized by Harvard School of Education and European Union as leaders in robotics and science education in the world. This is a problem and project-based learning program where students learn about new Robotics and STEM concepts in every class and apply those concepts by building unique and different operational robots and machines in every class.

Build your own Asteroids game using Construct 3 while learning real coding structure. Show off your creation and level up your programming skills through hands-on design and play! Home Technical Requirements: ●Computer: PC (Windows 10 or later) or Mac (OSX) with at least a 2GHz processor and 4GB of RAM ●Chromebooks, Tablets and phones DO NOT Work. ●Internet: Broadband internet ●Webcam, Microphone and Speakers ●Zoom Installed on Computer, zoom link will be sent before class. ●Students should be comfortable using a PC, mouse and keyboard. Additional Technical Requirements: ●Construct 3 Website ●Construct 3 Account (sign-up information will be provided before class) Information for logging into the session will be sent the day prior to class.

Build an epic winter castle in Minecraft then show it off on a shared server. Create forts, towers, moats and dive into an action-packed snowball battle with classmates! PC/Java edition required. Minecraft is a Mojang Studios trademark and not affiliated with this camp. Home Technical Requirements: ●Computer: PC (Windows 10 or later) or Mac (OSX) with at least a 2GHz processor and 4GB of RAM ●Chromebooks, Tablets and phones DO NOT Work. ●Internet: Broadband internet ●Webcam, Microphone and Speakers ●Zoom Installed on Computer, zoom link will be sent before class. ●Students should be comfortable using a PC, mouse and keyboard. Additional Technical Requirements: ●Minecraft Java Edition ($30; more information will be provided before class) Information for logging into the session will be sent the day prior to class.