From diflnews at floridadi.org Wed Jul 28 12:37:52 2021 From: diflnews at floridadi.org (Florida DI News) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:37:52 -0400 Subject: [DIFLnews] August Newsletter References: <00d401d783ad$6278e530$276aaf90$.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: Greetings! We hope that you are getting revved up and excited for the upcoming school year. Florida Destination Imagination is planning for a return to live tournaments next spring, of course depending upon CDC recommendations. At this time, we are planning to hold our state tournament at Park Maitland School in Maitland, Florida on March 26, 2022. Not sure why DI would be great for your child? Our PARENT page will inspire you. Ready to get started, but unsure how, START A TEAM will lay out your steps. Want more information from a real person, sign up for an INTRODUCTORY WEBINAR. Our Florida affiliate is discounting our affiliate fees to $70.00 per team for this season. This will be added to team number purchase price of $110.00. BACKGROUND CHECKS for Team Managers are required, and may be purchased for $40.00 when purchasing your team number. New this year, a Group Waiver may be used if you are part of a group who has already obtained their background checks. CHALLENGE PREVIEWS are now available. Our Technical Challenge participants will create 2 technical devices to help them overcome hazards to effect a DARING ESCAPE! ROLL WITH IT by creating a structure that will roll down a ramp and then hold weight in our Engineering Challenge. Find a mysterious object in the microworld as your team studies microscopy, and gets UP CLOSE for our Scientific Challenge. Tricks and illusions abound in TRICKY TALES, as your trickster uses an illusion and costume change to overcome his tricky situation. FESTIVAL FRENZY will challenge your Improvisation skills, as you learn about festivals and follow your character achieve their goal in a two act skit. Your Service Learning team's project is real, but their science fiction story and team built message transmitter will be FOR THE FUTURE. Our Rising Stars (early learners in preschool through 2nd grade) will highlight MONSTER MANNERS in their story about their monsters move into a new home. If you are not comfortable with group meetings yet, or would like a taste of DI in a shorter time frame, Destination Imagination is also offering a virtual DIGITAL OPEN. This competition will run for 6 weeks starting on October first. Check it out! If you live in central Florida, we would like to invite you to TRY DI! Our volunteers would be happy to come to your location with INSTANT CHALLENGES for your students. Instant challenges promote quick, creative, and critical thinking and are included as part of our competitions. While your students are solving their challenge, we would be happy to talk with parents or educators about our program. Contact us at information at FloridaDI for more information or to set up a date. "Like" our FLDI facebook page for fun Instant Challenges to try as well as posts that we find interesting. Remember, we're just an email away at information at FloridaDI Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance. Our best wishes for your continued health and safety, and we look forward to working with you to provide your children with a great creative educational experience this season. Erica Bowler Affiliate Director Florida Destination Imagination www.floridadi.org information at FloridaDI.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 29085 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4878 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 13439 bytes Desc: not available URL: