Engineering -
#Engineering - GiveGive them pulley and mechanical advantage puzzles:
EG: They've got a lever, and the long arm is needed to raise up to get to the ledge leading out... but in order to do so, they have to pick the right guy to go up - strong enough to lash it securely, light enough to be counter balanced by the others... and then let him use a pulley pair to work it from the top.
They need strength 320 to lift the gate... but their total strength is only 60... they need a 6-fold advantage... let them work out that issue...
#Chem-E (Chemical Engineering)
Chem-E (Chemical Engineering)
Give them puzzles solved by picking the right reaction. For example, "In thirst I sit, and what flame will quench my thirst?" Then give three buttons:
•.
•• ..
••• .:
Answer: •. - representing a hydrogen atom.
Draw out a labyrinth which is a molecular diagram. For example, in the polymeric repeating molecule for polybutadiene, one could have each atom be one room, each valent bond a hall... and hide something with a given clue of "Between the place where the black stuff is double met... and as they map them, each room features something associated with its atom... Water in one hydrogen room, balloons in another... Carbon rooms could have wood, soot, and tar...
#Psychology
Psychology
play up a few NPC's for a while... then have some avatar test their wisdom by having them come up with the correct diagnosis.
Run some riddles based in the DSM. EG: I speak in words, but nothing do I convey therewith; I talk a lot and say nothing, I see everything but react to nothing... what ails me? (Schizophrenia - note the word-salad and delusional reactions to "nothing.")