Activity: Team Building Exercises

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Kyong: Heads up

Directions – One person holds a word on top of his head that he/she does not know of, and the team members choose a single motion to describe the word to him without talking. The objective is for the person to get the correct answer in less than 30 seconds. In order to do that, the team members must collaborate and decide on the best single motion.

Proposed results – I think the person will get the answer. The team members will collaborate and choose the best motion and complete the mission successfully.

Results/Learning – Kyong was chosen to guess the word. The other members picked the word skiing. And the motion they chose was moving their hands like you’d do while skiing. Kyong answered the correct answer in 10 seconds! The team members learned to collaborate while they were deciding the best motion. One team member had to give up their motion, because the other team members thought another motion was more suitable.

Kenny: Human Knot

Directions – Standing in a circle, group members reach across and shake hands – use hand connecting to a different person. The group then tries to unravel the “human knot” by unthreading their bodies without letting go of each other people’s hands.

Results/Learning – helps a group learn about how to work together. Can also focus on group understanding of communication, leadership, problem solving, teamwork, trust, persistence, etc.

Citation: http://www.wilderdom.com/games/descriptions/HumanKnot.html

Vivian: Back-to-Back Drawing

Directions – Give one person in each pair a picture of a shape,and give the other person a pencil and pad of paper. Ask the people holding the pictures to give verbal instructions to their partners on how to draw the shape – without actually telling the partners what the shape is.

Results/Learning – Improving communication, problem solving

Citation – http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_52.htm

Jack: The Floor is Lava

Directions – We must work as a team to escape the fiery depths and get from point A to B without touching the lava floor…

Results/Learning – We lost Kyong. However, he will remain in our hearts forever. Mourning his loss has brought our group very close.

Maddie: Pictionary

Directions – Draw something random without giving the group any hints. The group has to guess what is being drawn in under 30 seconds. We hope that this game will encourage teamwork and communication.

Results/Learning – Kenny guessed “The Lion King” in 15 seconds. The rest of the team members helped to eliminate the other possibilities. The team got the answer faster than expected, which was a good thing!

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