30 Minutes
Group
Learning Objective(s)
- Students learn to listen
- Students communicate properly
- Students learn to make a plan
- Students work together
- Students can adapt to every situation
Instructions
Define an area on the floor that is the Poison River. The group has to cross a Poisoned River (wild, ice-cold water, dirty,…) with the given beams. They have to cross from A to B (the safe zone). They may not step with their feet in the ‘water’. If this happens, the person will be dragged to the startpoint (A). The only way to cross the river is to stand on the beams. The assignment is passed when everybody is safe on the other side (B).
You as the moderator are the only one that can stand in the river. If there isbe a beam free that nobody is standing on, you can remove it. If someone falls, you drag him/her to the beginning.
Collecting and sharing student results
- Are you happy with the result?
- Did it work?
- What did you do to make a success of the assignment?
- What did you need to help you?
- What did you miss?
- What could go better?
- How did you communicate?
Instructions
Define an area on the floor that is the Poison River. The group has to cross a Poisoned River (wild, ice-cold water, dirty,…) with the given beams. They have to cross from A to B (the safe zone). They may not step with their feet in the ‘water’. If this happens, the person will be dragged to the startpoint (A). The only way to cross the river is to stand on the beams. The assignment is passed when everybody is safe on the other side (B).
You as the moderator are the only one that can stand in the river. If there isbe a beam free that nobody is standing on, you can remove it. If someone falls, you drag him/her to the beginning.
Collecting and sharing student results
- Are you happy with the result?
- Did it work?
- What did you do to make a success of the assignment?
- What did you need to help you?
- What did you miss?
- What could go better?
- How did you communicate?
Assessment Methods
- Reflection
Resources needed
- Beams: number beams = (number participants x 2) + 1
