Challenges Northwest
Today my class went to Challenges Northwest, and we all had a great time.
One of the things we did was the "7-Buoy-7". There was a buoy suspended at waist level with a rope that was attached to the ceiling. We tried to cross the "laser shark ocean" and get to "Hawaii". We couldn't touch the oceans because the laser sharks would eat us. We started in Washington and had to use ropes and other materials to get the buoy from the middle of the ocean and then ride the "plane" to Hawaii. We had to squeeze ourselves onto the tiny mat that they called Hawaii, and stay there. We solved the challenge by using someone's jacket to hit the buoy and make it swing to us. After that, we took turns riding the buoy to Hawaii.
Another of the things we did was the "Flying Squirrel". We could choose from the Tower of Terror, the Toilet Bowl Flush, the Elevator, or the Flying Squirrel modes. This was more like an amusement park ride than a teamwork challenge. The Flying Squirrel ride is where one person gets strapped into the harness, and the dog team on the ground (the other kids) pull the rope hard to launch the harnessed kid into the air. The Tower of Terror is where you get launched really fast up into the air and then back down again. The Toilet Bowl Flush is where you start off running sideways and the "dog team" pulls on the rope. Then you fly around in circles at around 40 feet, and come back down slowly, still spinning. The Flying Squirrel is another mode where you start off running, but you mainly go forwards, not sideways. When you are launched into the air, you go back and forth, back and forth, in a U shape. The final ride is a simple and soft one, the Elevator. You tell the ground crew/dog team when you want to go up, go down, or stop, and you go straight up and down. I chose the Toilet Bowl Flush, the most popular mode.
The last challenge we did was with everyone - the Hula-Hoop Race. Everyone would be holding hands in a large circle, and four Hula-Hoops would be placed at opposite ends of the circle, so if you drew a line from the Hula-Hoops to the center, it would form a +. The goal was to move the Hula-Hoops around by putting your arms, legs, and head through the hoop and passing it to the person on your left without letting go of the neighbor's hands. The second part of the goal was to hit one Hula-Hoop with another hoop. We figured out a simple solution, and finished in 41 seconds (our original time was 2 minutes 39 seconds), even though we all went clockwise. One person just kept the Hula-Hoop at a certain place while the people with the Hula-Hoop behind kept moving it towards the stalled one until they touched.
In the end, everyone had a great time, and we even got to see Ms. Chen go on the Flying Squirrel!
One of the things we did was the "7-Buoy-7". There was a buoy suspended at waist level with a rope that was attached to the ceiling. We tried to cross the "laser shark ocean" and get to "Hawaii". We couldn't touch the oceans because the laser sharks would eat us. We started in Washington and had to use ropes and other materials to get the buoy from the middle of the ocean and then ride the "plane" to Hawaii. We had to squeeze ourselves onto the tiny mat that they called Hawaii, and stay there. We solved the challenge by using someone's jacket to hit the buoy and make it swing to us. After that, we took turns riding the buoy to Hawaii.
Another of the things we did was the "Flying Squirrel". We could choose from the Tower of Terror, the Toilet Bowl Flush, the Elevator, or the Flying Squirrel modes. This was more like an amusement park ride than a teamwork challenge. The Flying Squirrel ride is where one person gets strapped into the harness, and the dog team on the ground (the other kids) pull the rope hard to launch the harnessed kid into the air. The Tower of Terror is where you get launched really fast up into the air and then back down again. The Toilet Bowl Flush is where you start off running sideways and the "dog team" pulls on the rope. Then you fly around in circles at around 40 feet, and come back down slowly, still spinning. The Flying Squirrel is another mode where you start off running, but you mainly go forwards, not sideways. When you are launched into the air, you go back and forth, back and forth, in a U shape. The final ride is a simple and soft one, the Elevator. You tell the ground crew/dog team when you want to go up, go down, or stop, and you go straight up and down. I chose the Toilet Bowl Flush, the most popular mode.
The last challenge we did was with everyone - the Hula-Hoop Race. Everyone would be holding hands in a large circle, and four Hula-Hoops would be placed at opposite ends of the circle, so if you drew a line from the Hula-Hoops to the center, it would form a +. The goal was to move the Hula-Hoops around by putting your arms, legs, and head through the hoop and passing it to the person on your left without letting go of the neighbor's hands. The second part of the goal was to hit one Hula-Hoop with another hoop. We figured out a simple solution, and finished in 41 seconds (our original time was 2 minutes 39 seconds), even though we all went clockwise. One person just kept the Hula-Hoop at a certain place while the people with the Hula-Hoop behind kept moving it towards the stalled one until they touched.
In the end, everyone had a great time, and we even got to see Ms. Chen go on the Flying Squirrel!
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