I have my favorite teacher for only 4 periods a week, but those 4 periods are the best. He gives us eclectic and miscellaneous challenges, and I shall give you an example.

The most recent one we did was a challenge about insulating a cup. We were given a plastic bag, a Dixie cup, a 2ft*4ft sheet of tin foil, 2 sheets of notebook paper, 10 cotton balls and 4 rubber bands. We were allowed to use pretty much any tool we needed. To decide the winner, hot water was poured into the cups, and sat in the cups for 5 minutes. Whoever kept theirs the hottest won, which was my partner and I.

Do you have any challenges like this? Forcing resourcefulness and breeding creativity via constraint? If so, please give me all the details!