Destination ImagiNation is a worldwide, performance-based competition that develops and showcases students' creative skills through problem-solving, improvisation, teamwork and independent thinking. Teams of students ranging from elementary to college compete by age level in one of five different "challenges" or problem categories.

The Destination ImagiNation program runs annually, and presents students working in teams of up to seven with the opportunity to choose from five mind-bending Team Challenges. While each Team Challenge integrates a variety of chances to learn by doing, Challenges usually feature one prominent task, such as building a load-bearing structure, creating a vehicle, writing a performance piece or exploring history.