3 Ways DI Will Change—and 3 Ways It Stays the Same—for the 2020-21 Season
So much of our lives is up in the air right now. But we know one thing is certain: if you’re anything like us, you can’t wait to get started on the next season of Destination Imagination (DI). Normally at this time of year, we’re announcing all of the Challenges. As you can imagine, coronavirus […]
Cooperative Building Instant Challenge, Presented by PMIEF
For many years, Destination Imagination, Inc. (DI), has integrated project management into one of its key educational resources – Roadmap. Roadmap is a companion document that every DI team can use to help guide them through their creative process as they problem-solve a DI Challenge. Now, in celebration of PMIEF’s 30th anniversary, DI is proud […]
Card Tower STEAM Challenge
Tower challenges are great go-to STEAM activities that help kids explore, observe, create, inquire, and problem solve. When done in groups, they also help them learn how to communicate and collaborate more effectively. For this challenge, kids will build a freestanding structure out of one deck of cards and earn points for the height and […]
Virtual Remix Instant Challenge: Presented by PMIEF
For many years, Destination Imagination (DI), has integrated project management into one of its key educational resources – Roadmap. Roadmap is a companion document that every DI team can use to help guide them through their creative process as they problem-solve a DI Challenge. Now, DI is proud to continue its relationship with the PMI […]
Congrats to Our Diamond Award Volunteers!
The Destination Imagination Diamond Award is the highest award for volunteerism that we bestow on individuals within the organization who, through extraordinary effort and generosity of time and talent, created or contributed to some critical facet of the Destination Imagination (DI) organization, usually behind-the-scenes and without fanfare. This year’s Diamond Award winners are Pamela Schroeder, […]
Penny Passage Instant Challenge
This week’s STEAM activity for kids is all about brainstorming and balance. Collect your pennies and see how your kids use their imagination and creativity for our Penny Passage challenge! If you don’t have coins, you can use items of similar size and weight, such as washers. Or, you can create your own “pennies” using […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Container It!
We’re back with an all-new Virtual Instant Challenge! Our Virtual Instant Challenges are short STEAM-based activities that can be done between kids and their friends online. They can also be done as a family or through distance learning. For this challenge, kids will race to see who can build a structure that is able to […]
7 Ways to Make DI Stronger: Letter From Our Executive Director
Seven ways to make Destination Imagination stronger, more strategic and better than ever – but we need you to make that happen. (Yes, you – dear reader.) Dear DI Family, It’s time for all of us to harness our collective imagination! This is not the easiest blog post for me to write, but here I […]
Global Finals Virtual Closing Celebration
Our Global Finals 2020 Virtual Tournament is wrapping up soon. We are so proud of all of the teams that submitted their creative solutions to the Team Challenge Showcase and Virtual Team Challenge, and we look forward to celebrating their accomplishments during the Virtual Closing Celebration! The Virtual Closing Celebration will take place on Thursday, […]
Penny Raft STEAM Activity
How many pennies can your boat hold? For this STEAM activity, kids will build a device out of straws, tin foil and masking tape that can float in water and hold as many pennies as possible without sinking. Kids will learn about buoyancy and the engineering design process with this fun and simple challenge. If […]
Congrats to Our 2020 Graduate of the Year!
Congratulations to Ayan Gupta, our 2020 Graduate of the Year! Ayan is from Washington state and started his Destination Imagination (DI) journey in elementary school. Though his participation in DI, he grew in confidence and creativity—two skills that led him to create the nonprofit organization, STEMZ Education, in 2017. STEMZ offers affordable mentorships with accomplished […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Fewer, Not More
We’ve had some great responses to our scavenger hunt activities these past couple months, so we’re back with another one! However, we’re stepping up the difficulty level for this one. For this challenge, kids and teens will challenge their friends to create the largest scavenger hunt collection possible…using the fewest number of items. Intrigued? Check […]
