Destination
Imagination
Parent
Informational
Meeting
September 20, 2016
What is Destination Imagination?
Destination Imagination (DI) is
an educational activity in which
student teams solve openended challenges and present
their solutions at tournaments.
Who Can Participate?
The Destination Imagination (DI) program is
available for ANY kindergarten through 12th
grade student attending a Fort Bend ISD
School. Teams of up to seven students may be
formed as long as they have a Team
Manager—an adult age 18 or older looking for
an amazing personal and professional
experience. Teams compete only against their
peers in any one of five levels.
Levels of Participation:
•Rising Stars! ®: Kindergarten through 2nd grade
• Elementary Level: 3rd-5th grade
(No student born before June 15, 2005)
• Middle Level: 6th-8th Grade
(No student born before June 15, 2002)
• Secondary Level: 9th-12th Grade
(No student born before June 15, 1998)
How Do I Begin?
Step I:
Find a Team Manager
• Every Destination Imagination
team needs to have a Team
Manager.
• Team Managers serve as a
coordinator and mentor for two
to four months as teams
develops a unique solution to
one of the open-ended
Challenges. Observe as teams
reach past their limits and
experience the creative process.
They also handle the logistics of
the team such as schedule and
paperwork.
Team Manager Support Meetings:
•Fort Bend ISD provides ongoing support for all team
managers – You are not ALONE in this process.
• Team Manager meetings are held with topics
relevant to where your teams should be in the process.
•Dates of Team Manager Meetings:
•October 22nd : New TM Training 9 – 12 (FBISD Annex)
•November 8th : 6:30 – 8:00 (BMS Library)
•February 9th : 6:30 – 8:00 (BMS Library)
Kathryn Garza
2016-2017 DI Team Manager Trainer
6th Grade GT ELA at Baines Middle School
Parent of a Gifted Child
31 year Veteran Teacher
7 Years of Experience with DI as a Parent and
Team Manager
• Has State and Globals DI Experience
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How Do I Begin?
Step I:
Find a Team Manager
Step II:
Form a Team
• Recruit 4 – 7 Fort Bend ISD Students to be on
the Team.
• Fort Bend ISD requires a minimum of 4
students to be on a Destination Imagination
Team.
• Students can attend different FBISD Schools.
• Online Registration will posted on FBISD GT
Web Page.
Opens: October 3, 2016
Closes: October 10, 2016
• Information Required at Registration:
• TM Full Name and Information
• Challenge Level
• TM Full Name, Grade, and Birthdate
How Do I Begin?
Step I:
Find a Team
Manager
Step II:
Form a Team
Step III:
Select a Central
Challenge
• Destination Imagination
develops 7 unique Central
Challenges for teams to solve.
• Teams will review each of the
challenges and select the Central
Challenge that they would like to
develop a solution for.
• Teams typically spend 2 to 4
months developing and
practicing their Central
Challenge solutions.
Let’s Review the Central Challenges:
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Use simple machines to create and build a new
invention.
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Design and build a stage on which the acts will take
place and that will move a team member from one
location to another.
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Research and apply methods from cryptography
and steganography to reveal secret messages.
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Develop a strategy for placing structures to
support as much weight as possible
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Present a story about how the disappearance
of a color changes the world.
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Create three improvisational skits from the
same story prompt. Each skit must be in a
different performance genre.
The Challenges:
Points of Interest
Identify, design, plan and carry out a
project that addresses a real community
need. Create a live fable that integrates
information about the project.
The Challenges:
IC requires teams to engage in quick, creative
and critical thinking.
ICs are performance-based, task-based, or a
combination of the two. Teams have to produce a
solution in a period of just five to eight minutes.
How Do I Begin?
Step I:
Find a Team
Manager
Step II:
Form a Team
Step III:
Select a Central
Challenge
Step VI:
Begin Working on
Challenge Solution
and Practicing
Instant Challenge
• After your team selects a
Central Challenge THEY will
begin to develop their
solutions.
• Teams will also begin working
on their instant challenge skills
during this time.
How Do I Begin?
Step I:
Find a Team Manager
Step II:
Form a Team
Step III:
Select a Central
Challenge
Step VI:
Begin Working on
Challenge Solution and
Practicing Instant
Challenge
Step VI:
The Tournaments
• Destination Imagination has
three levels of tournaments.
– Regional Tournament
March 4, 2016
– Affiliate Tournament
April 7 – 9 , 2016
– Global Finals Tournament
May 24 – 28, 2016
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Destination Imagination Inc. – www.DestinationImagination.org
Texas Destination Imagination – www.TexasDI.org
Gulf Coast Destination Imagination – www.gulfcoastdi.com
Fort Bend ISD Destination Imagination – www.fortbendisd.com -> Department and
Services -> Gifted and Talented -> Enrichment Opportunities -> Destination
Imagination
Thank You For Coming!