5 Team-Building Activities for Students
Whether you’re a teacher or a Destination Imagination (DI) Team Manager, team-building exercises are a great way to help students step outside of their comfort zones and help them improve their communication and leadership skills. They’re also great for boosting morale. Our Team-Building Activities for Students resource contains five activities to help your team or students flex their […]
How to Use Local Media to Promote Your Team
Using local media to promote your Destination Imagination team is a great way to show your community the amazing things you are doing. It’s also an opportunity for you to promote a fundraising event your team is hosting or a DI tournament your team will be attending. One of the best ways to do this […]
DI Student Creates Prosthetic Hand for Peer
Tabetha Noel-Ratcliff, a 15-year-old at Northwest High School in Texas, wanted to pursue her passion of playing the mellophone in the school’s marching band. She was born with symbrachydactyly, a rare congenital hand condition. Noel-Ratcliff has full control over her right arm, but her hand and fingers are not fully developed, which makes it difficult […]
Congrats to Our Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest Winners!
Thank you to all of the students who participated in our Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest! For this contest, we asked kids and teens to use their imagination and CRAFTivity to celebrate the good, the bad and the ugly of the winter holiday season by designing their own Ugly Holiday Sweater. We’re excited to announce our […]
Make a Gift, Change a Life
I’m proud to be a Destination Imagination (DI) supporter, and thankful to be a part of such a generous community of people who care about expanding meaningful educational opportunities to more students around the globe. Earlier this month, we set a goal of raising $10,000 for the Global Finals 2020 Financial Assistance Fund. With a […]
Don’t Forget to Enter Our Winter Contest!
Don’t forget to enter our Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest! Our contest is open to elementary, middle and high school students ages 8-18. Three lucky winners will receive a $100 Visa Gift Card! See contest details and official rules below. Your Challenge: We want you to use your imagination and CRAFTivity to celebrate the good, the […]
Help us Celebrate the New Year
Earlier this month, Destination Imagination (DI) asked members of our community to open their hearts and wallets on Giving Tuesday. Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, we surpassed our campaign goal, raising $6,201 to grow the Global Finals 2020 Financial Assistance Fund. When combined with an initial $5,000 pledge from our Board of […]
Winter STEAM Challenge: Marshmallow Catapult
Get your family, friends or Destination Imagination team together for the ultimate Instant Challenge! For this four-part STEAM challenge, you will use your creativity, teamwork and problem-solving skills to build a marshmallow catapult and knock down a wall of stacked “snowmen.” You will have 25 minutes to complete all four parts of this activity. […]
Free STEAM Activity: Graham Cracker Challenge
Get into the holiday spirit the Destination Imagination (DI) way—with a little creativity! Try out our Great Graham Cracker Challenge with family, friends or DI teammates! Challenge: Create a graham cracker structure based on a movie or book. You will have 30 minutes to create your structure and then 2 minutes to present a performance […]
Thank You for Supporting DI!
Thank you to all of our community members who contributed to our organization’s Giving Tuesday fundraiser last week. Because of your generosity, we surpassed our initial $5,000 goal to help grow the Global Finals 2020 Financial Assistance Fund, raising a total of $6,201 through our Facebook fundraiser! When combined with the initial $5,000 pledge from […]
10 Hour of Code Activities for Kids & Teens
This week, millions of students and teachers the globe are participating in the 2019 Hour of Code Challenge. This global movement is an opportunity to introduce students to the ever-growing world of computer science. Whether at school or at home, anyone can participate. Code.org offers hundreds of one-hour tutorials designed for students of all ages […]
DI Alumnus and Educator Wins Presidential Award
Last month, Destination Imagination (DI) alumnus, Raymond Weber, was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching—the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government specifically for K–12 mathematics and science teaching. Weber has been an educator for ten years, spending his career teaching fifth grade at Salem Avenue Elementary School in Hagerstown, […]
