KMDI Appraiser Application

Name:

Phone: Email:

I am volunteering independent of a specific team or membership

OR

School or Membership you are representing:

Have you appraised previously?YES NO

If yes, in what capacity?Team Challenge Instant Challenge Score Room

Are you a DI alumnus? YES NO

Rank your Challenge preference* (1 being high), or check here:    I have no preference.

1 2 3 4 5 Instant Challenge:  Each team is given from six to ten minutes to solve a challenge they have never seen before.  Challenges range from improvisational to task based.

1 2 3 4 5 Obstacles, of Course!:  Create an Obstacle Course, then design a vehicle that will go over, under, around, and through the obstacles.  Focus:  Technical Design and Construction, Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics, Experimentation, Theater Arts, Teamwork.

1 2 3 4 5 Hit or Myth:  Use the Scientific Method to determine whether the elements of a myth, folk tale or urban legend are possible.  Focus:  Theatre Arts, Research, Teamwork, International Studies.

1 2 3 4 5 DI’ve Got a Secret:  Create and present the story of a Secret. Include a Masquerade Character, Optical Illusion, and Set Pieces that combine. Focus:  Playwriting, Theatre Arts, Optical Physics, Teamwork.

1 2 3 4 5 Chorific!: Create an Improvisational skit about a chore, and two randomly chosen obstacles to that chore.  Create a Sound Design that will be presented live. Focus:  Improvisational Acting, Story Development,  Theater Arts, Teamwork, Sound Design

1 2 3 4 5 SWITCH!:  Design and build a Structure of Wood and Glue, and test it by stacking weights in two different Orientations. Create a Story presenting two different uses for a SWITCH item. Focus:  Architectural Design, Structural Engineering, Construction, Research, Innovation and Design Process, Mathematics, Theater Arts, Teamwork.

1 2 3 4 5 TwisDId History!  Non-competitive division.  Tell the story of how your team changed History with a Magical Prop.  Include a song you have written.

Special Requests or Comments:

*Placement in your first choice will be attempted but cannot be guaranteed.  The appraiser coordinator needs to balance all appraisal teams in order to provide the best experience for participants.  Specific appraisal roles will be assigned by the Challenge Master on the day of training.