IT'S ALL RELATIVE

COMPETITION ARENA SYNOPSES

ARENA 1: THE SHOWTIME CHALLENGE

Somewhere Out There!

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute skit that portrays the famous persona of Albert Einstein.

You must include:

==> An absent-minded genius

==> A disorderly work area

==> Wild hair

==> An urgent problem to solve

==> Much humor

ARENA 2: THE ENGINEERING FEATS CHALLENGE

What's Your Reaction?

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute skit that is centered on a multiplicity of reactions.

You must include:

==> A mechanical chain of actions and reactions

==> At least five reactions ending with the completion of a common task

==> An impatient customer

==> A bungling shop owner

ARENA 3: THE FINE TUNING CHALLENGE

Speak to Me

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute skit based on a shy person who only speaks through the violin's sounds.

Your presentation must include:

==> A real violin or a replica of a violin

==> An original piece of art in the Art Deco style

==> A musical performance on at least one stringed instrument

==> A math problem that needs to be solved

ARENA 4: THE PERSPECTIVE CHALLENGE

Well, Aren't You Special

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute skit that is based on Einstein's famous equation E=mc².

The skit must include:

==> The perspective of one or more letters of the alphabet

==> Something that appears in "lights"

==> Someone or something that is "relatively special"

==> A character named "C" that is a square (figuratively or literally or both)

==> Wacky humor