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PHOTOS: Ooh-Motional Vehicles Drive Through ISU Memorial Union in Odyssey of the Mind.
Odyssey of the Mind World Finals have taken over Iowa State University campus through the weekend. Thousands of students from 15 countries are pitting their creative minds against one another in a number of challenges.
Odyssey of the Mind World Finals has brought more than 10,000 people to campus through Sunday. The creative problem solving international competition includes an Ooh-Motional Vehicle challenge.Â
Students must build a vehicle that can be driven and display a range of emotions which they presented with a skit and several props.Â
One mother Candace Pence, of Georgia, said students could build whatever they wanted and write about whatever they wanted.Â
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"There were no limitations to creativity. As long as they met the general requirements they could do whatever they wanted," Pence said.
The West Raleigh Rotary Club's skit covered climate change while Crane Creek Middle School of Fletcher, North Carolina, performed a skit about sock heaven.
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Events and competitions are open to the public. A full schedule is on the Odyssey of the Mind's website.
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