20-30 Minutes
Group
Learning Objective(s)
- The group learns to work together
- Everyone of the group needs to help
- Focus is necessary
- Students learn to communicate and plan together
Instructions
Everybody takes a robe to hold in one hand. If you don’t have enough people some will need to take two robes.
Purpose of the activity is to balance the board with a cup of water on it by pulling on the robe.
You practice by going up and down together. And by walking in a circle.
If that works, you tell them the task. Everybody has to go through a bicycle tire making sure that the cup with water doesn’t spill.
When it doesn’t work you can give a tip:
- Make sure that the tire has a way in and way out and stays the same the whole activity.
- Split your group in two where the first part will stand close to each other and the other whole the board in balance.
- If the first group went through the tire, the second group has to start by first putting the tire over the board with the water.
Collecting and sharing student results
Group discussion on contribution of each member of the group. Questions that can be asked:
- Did this activity work?
- What went good, what went wrong?
- What was the purpose?
- What can help you when you go to work?
- What do you have to do more?
- What do you have to do less?
- Who takes the lead?
- Who thought that your idea was good but didn’t listen?
- Did you have a plan?
Instructions
Everybody takes a robe to hold in one hand. If you don’t have enough people some will need to take two robes.
Purpose of the activity is to balance the board with a cup of water on it by pulling on the robe.
You practice by going up and down together. And by walking in a circle.
If that works, you tell them the task. Everybody has to go through a bicycle tire making sure that the cup with water doesn’t spill.
When it doesn’t work you can give a tip:
- Make sure that the tire has a way in and way out and stays the same the whole activity.
- Split your group in two where the first part will stand close to each other and the other whole the board in balance.
- If the first group went through the tire, the second group has to start by first putting the tire over the board with the water.
Collecting and sharing student results
Group discussion on contribution of each member of the group. Questions that can be asked:
- Did this activity work?
- What went good, what went wrong?
- What was the purpose?
- What can help you when you go to work?
- What do you have to do more?
- What do you have to do less?
- Who takes the lead?
- Who thought that your idea was good but didn’t listen?
- Did you have a plan?
Assessment Methods
- Reflection
Resources needed
- Board with rope in it
- Cup
- Water
- Bicycle inner tube