Pack your suitcases for Challenge Island's® World Tour! You and a tribeful of friends will engineer your way around the globe - from the Eiffel tower to the Sydney Harbor bridge to the Taj Mahal to an African safari. Each challenge will bring you to a different international destination and provide a special CI taste of the local flavor there!
After you register, you will receive an email with the materials and Zoom login instructions. You will need to gather some supplies from around your house. Don't have something on the list? Get creative and use something similar! You don't need to leave your house for materials!
If you were sent to us from West Bloomfield School District Community Education, enter code "WBSD" in the referral name box when registering.
If you were sent to us from Hartland Community Education, enter code "HCE" in the referral name box when registering.
If you were sent to us from Huron Valley Schools, enter code "HVS" in the referral name box when registering.
Challenge Schedule:
May 6: Hot Air Balloon Lift-off
May 13: Paris, France Eiffel Tower
May 20: Antarctic Iceberg
May 27: African Animal Safari
June 3: Rio de Janeiro Maracana Stadium
June 10: Tel Aviv Water Pipeline
June 17: Sydney Harbor Bridge Building
June 24: Washington, DC White House
Students will learn about the architectural history of the White House, the President’s Oval Office and other special rooms and features of the White House. The challenge is to use spatial reasoning and engineering skills to design and build a Challenge Island-sized White House!
July 1: Taj Mahal Monkey Playground