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Are your kids ready to rebuild the social interaction and skill-building that were put on pause? Help them reengage in learning by joining a Destination Imagination team! Learn More 2023-24 Team Challenges Our Team Challenges are open-ended and enable students to learn and experience the creative process while fostering their creativity, curiosity and courage. See the Challenges Camp Gottalikachallenge Want to keep the fun going over the summer? Every summer, we welcome campers from all over the world for a week of creativity camp in New Hampshire! Learn More Parents Information for parents Team Managers Information for Team Managers Coordinators Information for local DI coordinators Appraisers Information for Appraisers Volunteers Information for volunteersAlumni Information for DI alumni Ahead of Global Finals, They are now #TeamNH May 11, 2024 - Yesterday, they were members of the 16 teams that qualified and accepted the invitation to advance to Destination Imagination Global Finals. Now, team members from around the state are Team New Hampshire (#TeamNH). Last night in Bedford, they met and bonded together at Bedford High School at the NH-DI annual Spoil… (more...) NH Sends16 Teams to Global Finals April 28, 2024 - 16 New Hampshire student teams of creative problem solvers in science, technology, engineering, the arts, math and service learning are heading to Destination Imagination Global Finals to compete with like teams from around the United States and around the World. These teams successfully competed in regional and state competition. Now they are in extreme fund-raising… (more...) Results: 31 Teams Advance to Destination Imagination Global Finals April 6, 2024 - Over 100 students New Hampshire teams successfully completed their Challenges in Regional competition. 66 teams have competed in a STEAM showdown at the NH Destination Imagination State Affiliate Finals on Saturday, April 6th at Bedford High School. These teams excelled in Challenges based in science, technology, engineering, the arts, math or social learning. Only two student… (more...) Saturday: NH State Affiliate Finals in Goffstown March 30, 2024 - New Hampshire’s top-scoring 45 Destination Imagination student teams will clash in a STEAM showdown at the NH State Affiliate Finals on April 6th at Goffstown High School. These teams excelled in Challenges based in science, technology, engineering, the arts, math or social learning. Over 100 teams statewide tackled these challenges, with the top 45 having… (more...) New Meredith Schedules Posted! March 23, 2024 - New event and team competition schedules for Sunday’s NH-DI Meredith Regional Tournament are now available on the Meredith Regional Tournament Page. Links to photos and results will also be available on that page after the competition. (more...) All Recent Articles Ahead of Global Finals, They are now #TeamNH (5/11/2024) NH Sends16 Teams to Global Finals (4/28/2024) Results: 31 Teams Advance to Destination Imagination Global Finals (4/6/2024) 31 NH Teams Advance to Global Academic Tournament (4/6/2024) Saturday: NH State Affiliate Finals in Goffstown (3/30/2024) 30 Student Teams Advance to NH State Tournament (3/24/2024) New Meredith Schedules Posted! (3/23/2024) DELAY: Meredith Regional Moves to Sunday (3/21/2024) Watching the Weather for Saturday (3/21/2024) Saturday, 40 Creative STEAM Teams Compete in Meredith to Advance to State Meet (3/18/2024) STEAM Regionals Come to Meredith NH This Saturday (3/18/2024) Academic Creative Problem-Solving Teams Advance to NH State Finals; Northern Regional Ahead (3/9/2024) Release: Over 400 Students Head to Southern Regional Tournament This Saturday (3/4/2024) Countdown to Regionals! (2/19/2024) 2024 Achievement Grants and Scholarships! (2/5/2024) (More articles…) What is Destination Imagination? Destination Imagination® is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic Challenges in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning. Our participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. Teams showcase their solutions at tournaments all over the world. Destination Imagination is a non-profit, volunteer-led, cause-driven organization. Its purpose is to inspire and equip students to become the next generation of innovators and leaders. Approximately 200,000 youth make friends and learn the creative process through DI programs every year, and are supported by nearly 40,000 volunteers. Destination Imagination’s programs are developed annually to ensure they are relevant and align to National Education Standards, STEM standards, ELA Common Core Standards, and Mathematics Common Core Standards. Every year, with the help of parent volunteers, educators, and subject matter experts, DI designs new and exciting Challenges for student teams to solve. More About DI Visit DI HQ How the DI Challenge Program Works Up to seven members can be on a DI team, and students from kindergarten through university level participate. Each team also needs an adult Team Manager. Team Managers help students stay on track, but do not directly help the team to develop its solution to the DI Challenge. Team Managers are often faculty members or parents. DI fosters students’ curiosity, courage and creativity as they solve Challenges together as a team. A big part of our program is the Interference policy: in short, kids have to imagine, create and develop solutions on their own. Parents, Team Managers, family and friends can’t suggest ideas or force teams in certain directions. Outsiders can only facilitate the acquisition of skills and knowledge. There are seven new Challenges to choose from each year. Each of the Challenges is developed by a team of educators and industry experts who target a particular area of the curriculum and its related standards of content and performance. The areas of focus include: Technical, Scientific, Fine Arts, Improvisational, Structural and Service Learning. There is also a non-competitive Early Learning Challenge that allows children to further develop their social skills and nurtures their curiosity and creativity. The season takes place from September through May. Depending on the Challenge, teams typically spend 2 to 4 months developing and practicing their Challenge solutions. While most schools run DI as an after school program, some school districts incorporate the program into their electives curriculum. After weeks spent creating and developing their solutions, the team solutions are assessed at regional, state, or international tournaments. Our tournaments provide the opportunity for participants to celebrate creativity with their peers and promote healthy competition. Every year, local volunteers help run 200 tournaments around the world. Top-scoring teams advance to their state or country tournament, also known as an Affiliate Tournament. The top tier...