® PRSRT STD ODYSSEYOFTHEMIND US Postage Odyssey of the Mind PAID 2004-2005MEMBERSHIPAPPLICATION Permit 58 ® c/o Creative Competitions, Inc. Questions? Email [email protected] or call 856.456.7776. Bellmawr, NJ Odyssey of the Mind 1325 Rte 130 S l Suite F l Gloucester City, NJ 08030 For new memberships or renewals, complete this form and return it with a check, purchase order, or credit card information (see below). www.odysseyofthemind.com Check one: Divisions I, II and III: ______Individual school: Must register in the school name. May enter one team per problem per division in competition. ______Two or more schools: Must share the same principal to be under the same membership. Use school district name on applica- tion. May enter one team per problem per division in competition. ______Home-schooled students: Must include at least four home-schooled students. May also include up to three members from one school. May enter one team per problem in competition. 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Your friend, Mailing address (for newsletter delivery and correspondence) ______OMER his year’s World Finals was monumental—not only City ______State/Province ______Zip ______Country ______because it marked 25 years of worldwide creativity at TOdyssey of the Mind, but because it was the largest creative Daytime phone ______FAX______Email______The Odyssey of the Mind Newsletter is published by Creative Competitions, Inc. Editor: Carol Ann DeSimine. problem-solving competition ever! There was lots of celebrating *Each individual membership costs $135, but you will receive discounts if you purchase more than one membership. For each membership and reminiscing going on during the four-day event, and the The Odyssey of the Mind 2004 Spirit Award Recipient is FLOAT FINALISTS BANNER FINALISTS purchased, you get five competitive long-term problems, one primary problem, one copy of the Program Guide, Odyssey of the Mind teams’ solutions were as creative as ever. 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Envirover Classics …Fantastic Art Featured Creature Division IV Division I Division II Division III Division I Division II Division III Division IV Division I Division II Division III 1st Place: OSRODEK EDUKACJI 1st Place: ZHONGGUANCUN MID 1st Place: KOUNTZE HS, 1st Place: VIRGINIA TECH: 1st Place: LAKES ELE SCH, 1st Place: MAGNOLIA SCH TM A, 1st Place: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, 1st Place: PRYWATNA SZKOLA 1st Place: MARS MID SCH, Mars, PA 1st Place: CHENANGO VALLEY EWTEL, Otwock, Poland SCH, Shanghai, China Kountze, TX OMER PI, Blacksburg, VA 1st Place: OWASSO MID/HS, Rockford, MI Grass Valley, CA Kansas City, KS PODSTAWOWA, Pomorskie, Poland 2nd Place: ANGLO CHINESE SCH, MID/HS, Binghamton, NY 2nd Place: MICHIGAN STATE Owasso, OK 1st Place: MENDON CENTER ELE AZLET ID CH 2nd Place: OXFORD AREA HS, 2nd Place: H M S , 2nd Place: RIVER OAKS ELE SCH 2nd Place: PIPER MID SCH, 2nd Place: AKADEMIA PEDAGOGIKI 2nd Place: MARS ELE SCHS, 2nd Place: BARRON COLLIER HS, SCH TM A, Pittsford, NY Hazlet, NJ Oxford, PA UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI 2nd Place: CHESHIRE HS, TM B, Houston, TX Kansas City, KS Cheshire, CT SPECJALNEJ, Warszawa, Poland Mars, PA 2nd Place: SOUTHERN LEHIGH MID Naples, FL 1st Place: SAINT BONIFACE SCH, 3rd Place: VINELAND HS TM A, 3rd Place: OWEN J ROBERTS MID 3rd Place: ENGLEWOOD ELE SCH, SCH, Coopersburg, PA 3rd Place: ANGLO CHINESE SCH, 3rd Place: SAINT MICHAEL 3rd Place: ANGLO CHINESE SCH, 3rd Place: GIMNASIUM #2, BREST, 3rd Place: UNIVERSITY OF Williamsport, PA SCH, Spring City, PA Vineland, NJ LUTHERAN SCH, Fort Myers, FL Singapore Brest, Belarus GEORGIA, Athens, GA Rocky Mount, NC 3rd Place: PETERS TWP MID SCH Singapore 2nd Place: HALSTEAD MID SCH, 4th Place: CHENANGO VALLEY 4th Place: BAINBRIDGE GUILFORD 4th Place: AFTON ELE SCH, TM A, McMurray, PA 4th Place: VOROSMARTY MIHALY 4th Place: THOMAS JEFFERSON SCH, 4th Place: PINE VALLEY MID SCH, 4th Place: THOMAS JEFFERSON 4th Place: UNIVERSITY OF Halstead, KS MID/HIGH, Bainbridge, NY MID/HS, Binghamton, NY Yardley, PA HS, Budapest, Binghamton, NY San Ramon, CA HSST TM A, Falls Church, VA PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, PA 4th Place: WEST BRIAR MID SCH, 2nd Place: PINKSTON MID SCH, HE NDEPENDENCE CH 5th Place: CHENGDU NO 7 MID SCH, 4th Place: T I S , 5th Place: BAY LANE MID SCH, 5th Place: CARVER MID SCH, 5th Place: FRANK C MARTIN ELE Houston, TX 5th Place: SAVANNAH ARTS Mountain Home, AR Newark, DE Sichuan, China 5th Place: CORNWALL HS, Muskego, WI Leesburg, FL Cornwall, NY SCH, Miami, FL 4th Place: CRESTDALE MID SCH, ACADEMY, Savannah, GA 3rd Place: THE BRANCH SCH, ARMONY NT CH 6th Place: EAU GALLIE HS, 4th Place: H I S , 6th Place: INDIAN RIVER ELE SCH, 5th Place: HELEN KELLER MID SCH, 5th Place: JOHN READ MID SCH Matthews, NC 6th Place: NORTH SHORE HS, Houston, TX Melbourne, FL 6th Place: SOUTHLAKE CARROLL Hamilton, VA TM A, Redding, CT Houston, TX Selbyville, DE Easton, CT SCHS A, Southlake, TX 5th Place: NORTHWEST MID SCH: 4th Place: GREENLAWN ELE HOWAN ID CH 5th Place: C M S , 6th Place: ROCKY MOUNT 6th Place: ELIZABETH TRADITIONAL KNIGHTS, Kernersville, NC SCH, Bainbridge, NY Tyner, NC ACADEMY, Rocky Mount, NC ELE SCH, Charlotte, NC 5th Place: CANE CREEK MID SCH 5th Place: POINCIANA ELE SCH, 6th Place: LANDIS INT SCH, TM A, Fletcher, NC Lake Worth, FL Vineland, NJ 6th Place: SOUTH SHORE CHRISTIAN 6th Place: NEW HAVEN ELE SCH MID SCH, Holland, MI TM A, Union, KY

Balancing Act Division I Division II Division III Division IV 1st Place: SHAHE PRI SCH, 1st Place: WEST MS TM A, 1st Place: JENKS HS, Jenks, OK 1st Place: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, Shenzhen Guangdong, China Binghamton, NY 2nd Place: SIDNEY HS, Sidney, NY Bethlehem, PA 2nd Place: POQUOSON ELE SCH, 2nd Place: POQUOSON MID SCH, 3rd Place: SPACKENKILL HS, 2nd Place: TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Poquoson, VA Poquoson, VA Poughkeepsie, NY Medford, MA 2nd Place: CLEMMONS ELE SCH, 3rd Place: OWEN J ROBERTS MID 3rd Place: CACHE LA POUDRE JHS, 3rd Place: UNIVERSITY OF Clemmons, NC SCH, Spring City, PA Laporte, CO GEORGIA, Athens, GA Ranatra Fusca Creativity Award 3rd Place: OUR LADY OF WISDOM 4th Place: BILL REED MID SCH, 4th Place: BEDFORD HS, Strategy Sphere SCH, Prt Jefferson, NY Loveland, CO Bedford, MA HALSTEAD MS, Halstead, KS MAGNOLIA SCH, Grass Valley, CA J.P. STEVENS HS, Edison, NJ “human” train traveling through 3rd Place: KNAPP FOREST ELE SCH 5th Place: FOREST EDGE ELE SCH Envirover, Div I. For the design Fantastic Art, Div II. For the life- Balancing Act, Div III. For the a living backdrop. Three team Division II Division III 5th Place: JP STEVENS HS TM B, TM A, Grand Rapids, MI TM A, Reston, VA Edison, NJ of a propulsion mechanism that like rhinoceros sculpture that propulsion system used to trans- members formed one creature. 1st Place: CAL-MUM CENTRAL SCH, 1st Place: CORUNNA HS, 4th Place: DEER PARK ELE SCH, 6th Place: BONAIRE MID SCH, 6th Place: BLYTHEVILLE HS, propelled and steered. walked across the stage. port the team’s container that had Caledonia, NY Corunna, MI New Port Richey, FL Bonaire, GA Blytheville, AR two pendulums weighted so that EL ALLEY ASHINGTON 2nd Place: MUNSANG COLLEGE, 2nd Place: LOYALSOCK HS, D . V HS, Milford, PA W ES, Wichita, KS 5th Place: CRYSTAL SPRING ELE when they dropped it, it start- North Point, Hong Kong Williamsport, PA Envirover, Div III. For their Balancing Act, Div I. For their SCH TM A, Roanoke, VA ed a ratchet mechanism that 3rd Place: HOPKINS JHS, 3rd Place: LOWER DAUPHIN HS, hydraulic propulsion system that transportation method of a minia- 6th Place: WILLIAMSBURG ELE SCH, drove the wheels of the Fremont, CA Harrisburg, PA Williamsburg, PA used common products in a com- ture circus animal riding a unicy- structure container's vehicle. 4th Place: CORUNNA MID SCH, 4th Place: NEW CANAAN HS, plex system. cle along a tight rope while sup- Corunna, MI New Canaan, CT porting the structure. RUSH BARTLETT, Jenks HS, OK CROSSROADS SCH, Hopewell, NJ 5th Place: NORTHAMPTON MID 4th Place: DEERING HS TM A, Balancing Act, Div III. For Strategy Sphere, Div II. For their BONAIRE MID SCH, Bonaire, GA SCH,Northampton, PA Portland, ME launcher design that resulted in a Balancing Act, Div II. The device designing a structure that got 6th Place: GIRDLER ELE SCH, 5th Place: TEMPE PREP ACADEMY, stronger as weight was placed on it. Girdler, KY Chandler, AZ device powered by a chain on a that transported the structure was bicycle that a team member rode. a pulley and gear system that VOROSMARTY MIHALY HS, 6th Place: IRONWOOD RIDGE HS, reeled in the container, dropped Budapest, HU Tucson, AZ LAKE ELE SCH, Rockford, MI Fantastic Art, Div I. For the use a weight, flipped a switch, trig- Featured Creature, Div III. They of recycled and new materials in gered a crane, and swiveled the transported the audience to a the construction of props. container into the safety area. child's dream world on a