After the judging and the glass-blowing workshop, we started the inter-team competition. While one to two members of our team, which usually ended up being Cristina, stayed with our safe, the other three to four members would try to break into other safes. We would read each safe's riddle or clue, and then we would have 10 minutes to crack the safe. If we couldn't break into the safe, the person staying behind from the other team would have to show us how to open it within two minutes. If the person from the other team could not break into their own safe, or if there was a malfunction that stopped us from opening the safe, we would receive points as if we had succeeded. We broke into 1 out of 6 safes, but we were so close to opening a second one! All of the safes we saw were unique and needed a completely different approach for the break-in. Fortunately, we had Talya and her optimism to keep us going when we got discouraged. Once the attempt was over, we would grade each safe based on originality, aesthetics, and overall impression. We then ranked each safe that we saw. Each team that saw our safe gave us a grade. The overall grading system for each safe consists of the following:
-45% comes from the judges' evaluation
-20% comes from peer evaluation
-15% comes from how many times our safe was broken into
-10% comes from our success in breaking into other teams' safe
-10% comes from the written reports that we've been sending in to the competition since November
All in all, the competition was definitely a friendly and thoroughly enjoyable one. Even though some of the teams were very nervous and stressed, we had a blast!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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