AD 002 - Teamwork

Worst Case Scenario

In a crisis, teamwork is crucial to handling challenges effectively. Fabricate a scenario in which students need to work together and solve problems to succeed (ex: stranded on a deserted island, being lost at sea, etc,.). The rule is that every team member must contribute an idea for a possible solution.

For example, they could come up with a list of items that would help them survive, or think of a plan to find shelter or build it. Students can then vote and agree to a final solution.

Train of Tall Tales

Form into a circle and give everyone a unique picture of a person, place, object, or animal. One person begins a story that issues whatever happens to be on their photo as the focus. The next person continues the story by adding something related to their photo. This exercise gets funny and challenging!

Paper Tower

This fun collaborative team-building exercise develops aspects of Solution, Creativity, and Collaboration Fluency. Each group constructs a free-standing tower out of newspaper and tape. There isn’t a time limit for this exercise unless you want to establish one.

It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving. Which team can build the tallest, structurally sound free-standing tower? Throughout the process, students will start to realize there are questions they have that they didn’t ask. This is a perfect time to get them to explore how to answer these questions for themselves.

Class Minefield

This is an exercise based on building communication and trust between people. Arrange a challenging obstacle course and place students into teams. They get to take turns navigating the minefield you’ve built while being blindfolded, with only their teammates verbally guiding them. You can also require students to use only specific words or clues to make it harder, and witch the minefield around for each team.