
Unique opportunity to showcase a child's gifts in visual arts,engineering, problem solving, leadership, and critical thinking!
Unique opportunity to showcase a child's gifts in visual arts,engineering, problem solving, leadership, and critical thinking!
Greetings!
As NorCal Odyssey Co-Association Directors, Bruce Mackinlay and Diedre Girod, we want to welcome you all to the 2022-2023 season.
The new Odyssey of the Mind season is here and with a new season comes excitement about what is on the horizon! It’s time to get your membership, bring those teams together, read those problems, and find out what’s NEW.
NorCal OM's continuing goal is to bring the best program possible to the students of northern California. We have some exciting new changes are happening in 2022-2023:
With the new, we are also excited to share that much tradition and history will continue to keep this program filled with ingenuity and creativity. Many of our dedicated
Volunteers continue to be committed to the program and share their talents in new and innovative ways, so you will see many names and faces you know throughout the season.
If you would like more details: NorCal Organization 2022-2023
All of us at NorCal Odyssey of the Mind are looking forward to the extravaganza of what we call the 2022-2023 season and seeing all those one-of-a-kind solutions and delighted smiling faces. If you need further assistance, please reach out to Jessica Fusco, Team Director, or one of us.
Here is to a fun-filled season of creativity, teamwork, and innovation.
Bruce Mackinlay & Diedre Girod
Co-Association Directors
NorCal Odyssey of the Mind
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Odyssey of the Mind, the original creative thinking program, teaches students to develop creative problem-solving skills while having fun in the process! By tapping into creativity, and through encouraging imaginative paths to problem-solving, students learn skills that will provide them with the ability to solve problems -- great and s
Odyssey of the Mind, the original creative thinking program, teaches students to develop creative problem-solving skills while having fun in the process! By tapping into creativity, and through encouraging imaginative paths to problem-solving, students learn skills that will provide them with the ability to solve problems -- great and small -- for a lifetime.
Odyssey of the Mind provides open-ended problems that appeal to a wide range of interests. Some are technical problems; others are artistic or performance-based. All require students to learn how to identify challenges and to think creatively to solve those problems.
In Odyssey of the Mind . . .
Millions of students from kindergarten through college have participated in Odyssey of the Mind. Since Odyssey of the Mind eliminates the fear of criticism, even shy students are afforded the opportunity to open up and express themselves. Students learn to work in teams.
Each year, five new competitive problems are presented for the teams
Millions of students from kindergarten through college have participated in Odyssey of the Mind. Since Odyssey of the Mind eliminates the fear of criticism, even shy students are afforded the opportunity to open up and express themselves. Students learn to work in teams.
Each year, five new competitive problems are presented for the teams to solve. These long-term problems are solved over weeks and months. Some of the problems are more technical in nature, while others are artistic or performance based. Each long-term problem rewards "Style" in the solution. This helps teach students that they should not simply try to solve problems but take the next step of enhancing their solutions. The teams are invited to participate in a competition and present their solution with other teams. At the competition, the teams are given an on-the-spot "spontaneous" problem to solve. The combination of long-term problem-solving, Style and spontaneous problem-solving produces a confident, able student.
Teams are formed by division and compete against teams in the same division and problem. Grade level determines the division for teams.
In competition, each school membership may enter one team per problem for each division it covers. Community groups and home-schooled members may enter one team per problem.
Teams are formed by division
Teams are formed by division and compete against teams in the same division and problem. Grade level determines the division for teams.
In competition, each school membership may enter one team per problem for each division it covers. Community groups and home-schooled members may enter one team per problem.
Teams are formed by division and compete against teams in the same division and problem.
Division I -- Grades 3-5
Division II -- Grades 6-8
Division III -- Grades 9-12
Division IV -- College
Students in grades K-2 may participate in the primary division to become familiar with program. They participate at the local regional level tournaments but do not advance to state or World competitions.
Stay connected to what is happening with Odyssey of the Mind throughout the season.
3022 Verdala Drive, Livermore, California 94550, United States
Odyssey of the Mind
3022 Verdala Drive, Livermore, California 94550, United States