The other team members cannot touch the head, go in front of the head but can only communicate with the blindfolded person verbally. Give the head of the caterpillar a blindfold. To make it more difficult, I made the ‘head’ blind. They cannot change position until after the round is complete. One head, a throat, a stomach, a tail, etc. Then the new challenge awaited them.Įxactly the same as Caterpillar, however, this time, the 4 teams have to sort themselves into body parts of the Caterpillar. We engaged in a quick round of Capture the Gold and Caterpillar as a way to warm-up their reflection, respect, trust, communication and open-minded ‘skills’. If a team member touches the area outside of the hula-hoop, their ‘caterpillar’ shortens by 1 hula-hoop Using their hula-hoops they navigate around the playing area picking up their respective colored beanbags The teams are positioned in 4 corners of the playing area Similar format to the above challenges however, I dispersed 4 beanbags of 4 different colors around a playing area. We did one round of each of the challenge we learned so far and I introduced a new challenge called Caterpillar. Refer to the Core Planning Document for more information. This was a golden opportunity to refresh their memory on the Learner Profile and Attitudes we were focusing on – Open-Minded and Tolerance respectively. There were some conflicts that needed to be resolved within some teams. I then closed the lesson reviewing the key points of the Central Idea and how they played a role in the 2 challenges.Ĭonsidering my students struggled a little bit in the previous lesson we repeated the 2 challenges. They pick up 1 beanbag/gold and go back to their base, deposit it and go back to get another one The 4 teams have to use their hula-hoops to reach the gold. Similar format to Crossing the River, however the teams are positioned in 4 corners of a playing area with a Hula-Hoop full of respective colored beanbags in the middle of the area The second challenge I put the kids through was Capture the Gold: If they step out of the hula-hoops, that group loses one hula-hoop They need use the hula-hoops as stepping stones to reach the other side of the playing area I opened up with the challenge, Crossing the River: But of course, these terms all interact with one another, but I really did want to introduce them to the terms reflection and respect. Respect can be branched down to trust and communication. Reflection can be associated with further keywords such as open-mindedness. We focused on reflection and respect as the two key words of the unit. The Adventure Challenge unit is fantastic for developing teamwork. Reflect on their experiences in order to build a deeper understanding of self Share their own relevant ideas and feelings in an appropriate manner Reflection and respect are important for a team to be successful
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