{"id":5868,"date":"2019-10-11T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T18:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T18:18:03","slug":"2019-mind-mazes-problem-solving-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2019\/10\/11\/2019-mind-mazes-problem-solving-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Mind a-Mazes problem solving competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-10-12-Mins-a-Mazes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5869\" src=\"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-10-12-Mins-a-Mazes-1024x576.png\" alt=\"2019-10-12 Mins a-Mazes\" width=\"517\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA KPBSD problem solving competition sponsored by Quest with a\u00a02019 theme of <em><strong>Music Mechanisms<\/strong> <\/em><br \/>\n17 @KPBSD schools. 47 teams.<br \/>\nLong-Term Problem: Using teamwork, creative thinking, and problem solving, teams will design and construct a chain reaction device that will play a musical instrument.<br \/>\nPlus, Spontaneous Problem competition the day of!<br \/>\nMind aMazes blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/mindamazes.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?fbclid=IwAR3tgd-NLQuwKqSZ0HKmjBxpuVd5XtHJ9u_5L2ub4ovAvmWJyi2-MtW5VUI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/mindamazes.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Skyview Middle School,\u00a046188 Sterling Highway,\u00a0Soldotna, Alaska 99669<br \/>\n<strong>Schedule<\/strong><br \/>\n9:00 \u2013 10:30 AM: Judge\u2019s training, (judges only, meet in Library)<br \/>\n10:30 AM: Registration volunteers report to school foyer<br \/>\n11:00 \u2013 11:30 AM: Junior Division (grades 4-6) team check in at registration tables \u2013 set up continues until 12:00.<br \/>\n11:30 \u2013 12:00 noon: Intermediate\/Senior Division (grades 7-12) team check in at registration tables &#8211; set-up continues until 12:15 PM.<br \/>\n12:15 PM: Proceed to bleachers in big gym for welcome and announcements. All students are expected to be in the big gym at all times after 12:15. Students found in other areas without adult supervision may be disqualified.<br \/>\n12:30: Junior Teams begin Long Term Competition<br \/>\n1:30 PM*: Intermediate\/Senior competition<br \/>\n2:30 PM*: Spontaneous Problem for all divisions<br \/>\n3:00 PM*: Awards Ceremony<br \/>\n<em>*Competition times may vary depending on number of entrants.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>event on Facebook to share:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/971401006531864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/971401006531864\/<\/a><br \/>\nwww.KPBSD.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A KPBSD problem solving competition sponsored by Quest with a\u00a02019 theme of Music Mechanisms 17 @KPBSD schools. 47 teams. Long-Term Problem: Using teamwork, creative thinking, and problem solving, teams will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2019\/10\/11\/2019-mind-mazes-problem-solving-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2019 Mind a-Mazes problem solving competition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[689],"class_list":["post-5868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kpbsd-district-stories","tag-mind-amazes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}