HOW DOES IT WORK?Teams of 5-7 students participate in their choice of the Long-Term Problems and practice Spontaneous Problems. All Team Members may participate in the LT presentation.

Teams participate within Age Divisions. These are based upon age of oldest team member. The age calculated as on May 1st of the Upcoming World Finals.Division I: Up to the age of 12 yearsDivision II: Up to the age of 15 yearsDivision III: Up to the age of 18 yearsDivision IV: College / University

HOW DOES MY SCHOOL BENEFIT?Puts your school among the elite league schools.School’s Participation Certificate for the Program Year adds to your Hall of Fame.International Recognition.Helps the school in imparting education in an innovative manner, modernizing, and revolutionizing the face of Indian education.

WHAT DO THE STUDENTS GAIN IN THE PROCESS?

Builds teamwork skills such as cooperation and thoughtfulness and respect for others.Improves thinking skills. Builds confidence and increases self-esteem.Provides an environment where students can express their ideas without criticism.Makes students more detail-oriented and inclined to do their best.Makes learning fun!

SCHOOL YEAR TIMELINE

AWARDSNational AWARDS -Medals-Top 2 Teams in each Problem and each DivisionTrophies - Top teams in each Problem and each DivisionODYSSEY LEGENDE - SpontaneousOMER AWARDS : All Rounder Certificates- All Participants (Students and Mentors)International AWARDSEuro Fest – Medals, Certificates, TrophiesWorld Finals - Trophies - Top 6 teams in each Problem and each DivisionRanatara Fuska Award - Individual TeamOmer Award - - Individual TeamFLOAT/ BANNER AWARD - Country

ACHIEVEMENTS ---- INDIA in Hall of Fame (2012 onwards)Euro Fest Mixed Team - 20 teams Omer Award - 3 timesRanatara Fusca Award - 2FLOAT/ BANNER AWARD - Consecutive year since 2012

TOURNAMENTSOdyssey of the Mind tournaments are held every year around the world at various levels - National Eurofest (Europe) World Finals (USA)These tournaments provide an opportunity for teams to present their creative solutions, and to be judged against the problem criteria. Although the event is a competition, it is also meant to be a time for the teams to be rewarded and to have FUN!

NationalPrebhat Sachdeva, Association DirectorB-32, Manas Apparments, New Delhi 110091Phone: +91 9896812950Email: suprabhat.ens@gmail.com, prebhat@creative-thinkers.orgWebsite : www.ootmindia.com, www.creative-thinkers.org

InternationalH.O. : Creative Competitions, Inc. 406 Ganttown RoadSewell, NJ 08080, USATel: +1.(856)256-2797 Fax : +1.(856) 256-2798Web : www.odysseyofthemind.com

The Odyssey of the mind Program in India is assistedBy "Creative Thinkers Foundations (Regd.)” a not -for profit organisation.

Odyssey of the Mind Contact:

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"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will"

- George Bernard

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will"

- George Bernard

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Register for school membership – Identify School Coordinator, Problem coaches.

Division-wise and Problem-wise identification of team(s).

OM-India conducts Teachers Orientation.

Practice Long Term problems & Spontaneous problems for each teams.

Interaction with OoTM Teams.

National Competition.

International Competitions – Eurofest (Europe) & World Finals (USA)

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WHAT IS ODYSSEY OF THE MIND?The Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through university. The Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to designing the costumes, props and presenting their own interpretation of literary classics.

Odyssey of the Mind teaches students how to think divergently by providing open-ended problems that appeal to a wide range of interests. Students learn how to identify challenges.

International Creative Problem-Solving Program.

Focus is to develop divergent, independent-thinking

abilities (thinking outside the box through a

challenging, but fun, learning process).

OotM develops real-life communication and

brainstorming skills, and rewards creativity and

"calculated" risk-taking in the solution of complex

problems.

The Brain Behind the Amazing ConceptThe program was started by a NJ College Educator, Dr. C. Samuel Micklus (Dr. Sam) in 1978. Dr. Sam challenged students in his Industrial Design courses to solve assignments in unusual and creative ways.Odyssey of the Mind Program is open to all students over its 38 years of history. Millions of students from conturies including Australia, China, Canada, Germany, Hongkong, Japan, Malaysia, Poland Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, UK, and practically every states in the USA participate at the World Finals.

BENEFITS OF ODYSSEY OF THE MINDGlobal Awareness

Global Competitiveness and Understanding.

Whole hearted Effort to solve a personally exciting

problem with teams from around the world.

Intellectual Curiosity

Time and Resource Management by the team members.

Enhancing calculated Risk taking abilities.

Communication

Team work - Consensus - Collaboration.

Understanding and valuing the power of diversity within the team.

Problem Solving, Creative and Critical Thinking

Brainstorm possible technical, thematic and artistic solutions.

Convergence of ideas for finding real solution .

Self-Direction

No-Outside Assistance rule - team generated research, solutions

and decision making.

Authentic Assessment Accountability and Adaptability

Planning and refining for future tournaments.

Odyssey of the Mind & 21st Century Skills21st centuary skills such as creativity, collaboration, communication, problem solving. flexibility, adaptability, critical thinking and innovation have been staples of the program.. kindergarten through college 18,000 to 20,000 attending world finals in USA 35 countries, 50 states of USA over 38 years more than 12 million students over 30000 schools world wide affiliation with NASA

NASA has been affiliated with Odyssey of the Mind for more than 15 years. The skills and experiences their organization is looking for in future scientists and researchers matches up with the STEM and other benefits from participating on an Odyssey of the Mind team.

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Odyssey of the Mind ProblemsPART I - Long term problems:

Mechanical/Vehicle: Teams design, build, and operate vehicles of various sizes and with various power sources to solve certain tasks.

Classics: Each year the creative challenge of this problem requires a solution that incorporates some element of the classical taken from either literature, architecture or art

Structure: Teams design and build a structure using balsa wood and glue. They test it to determine how much weight it can support sometimes more than thousand pounds!

Performance: In this problem teams present performances that revolve around a specific theme and incorporate serveral required elements.

Part II-Spontaneous problem All teams compete in one of three forms of on-the-spot Competition. Spontaneous problems can be Verbal, Hands-on, or verbal-hands-on.

Technical: Teams are challenged to design and build innovative contraptios and incorporate artistic elements in their solutions.