Destination ImagiNation allows participants of all ages to access their creativity, learn problem-solving skills, and experience successful teamwork strategies as they develop unique solutions to Challenges.

 

In Destination ImagiNation, two- to seven-member teams focus on finding solutions to two separate types of Challenges: Team Challenges and Instant Challenges.  Then they present their solutions to Appraisers in Tournament-style settings.  By working together to develop solutions, participants push the limits of their imaginations to better themselves and best their competition.

Team Challenge

The Destination ImagiNation Team Challenge is designed to be open ended and multidisciplinary. Teams spend several months working on the Team Challenge of their choice. Each of the five competitive Team Challenges has a different educational and creative focus:

Every Team Challenge has two components: the Central Challenge and Side Trips.

The Central Challenge is a set of required elements that all teams must complete. Side Trips are two additional elements that teams include in their Presentation in order to highlight their particular interests and skills. Teams can use Side Trips to emphasize the individual personalities and talents of every member.

Instant Challenge

The Destination ImagiNation Instant Challenge requires teams to engage in rapid-fire critical thinking. At Tournaments, teams receive a Challenge and the materials with which to solve it. They must think on their feet by applying appropriate skills to produce a solution in a period of just five to eight minutes. While Team Challenges build long-term problem solving and teamwork skills, Instant Challenges provide an exciting, impromptu creative experience for competing teams. By practicing Instant Challenges during the course of the season, students can increase their improvisational skills and train their minds to work quickly!