Peteys Big Questions Ponderpaloosa
2025 — Erie, CO/US
Big Questions - In-person
Event Description:
Calling all Big Questioners! Peak to Peak invites everyone to Petey's Ponderpalooza, a BQ-only after-school tournament onFebruary 6, 2025 at Peak to Peak HS, 800 Merlin Drive, Lafayette, CO.
We will be using the NSDA Big Questions topic: "Resolved: Creativity is a more powerful force than intelligence."
Competition will follow NSDA rules.
Schedule:
4 pm: Check-in
4:15: Round 1
5:30: Round 2
6:45: Round 3
8 pm: Awards
Big Questions is a form of debate designed to open students’ minds and encourage them to engage in life discussion that may not align with their previously held beliefs. Whether or not students change their opinion, the rich experience of this debate event will advance their knowledge, comfort, and interest in learning more about the subject matter based on the intersection of science and philosophy.
Big Questions Debate is a debate format that allows students to debate with a partner or as an individual. Debates may be one-on-one, two-on-two, or two-on-one. Regardless of whether an entry has 1 competitor or 2, all entries are $7.
Please direct all questions to SJ Young, seonjoon.young@bvsd.org.