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My teaching partner and I were asked to lead the staff in a team-building activity at our teacher institute day. Back in April we did an Egg Drop that was a huge hit and we were excited for an opportunity to plan another one! We came up with the red solo cup stack! This was super fun and easy to put together! Groups were given this handout (available on teacher's pay teachers-- Click here ---> Free Download! <3 Here are the supplies: Red Solo Cups (or any kind of plastic large cups) We used 20. You can make it as easy (less cups) or as hard (more cups) as you want. String (we included 6 pieces about the length of your arm) One rubberband Handout with simple instructions Throw all the supplies in a big gallon size bag and you're ready to go! TECHNICALLY you're supposed to take each string and tie it on the rubberband. Then each team member takes a string and they work together to pull apart the rubberband put it around the cup, pick up the cup and place it where it is supposed to go. However, some of our staff members got very creative-- which is great! It's always a great idea to encourage your learners to think outside the box. As long as they are working together appropriately, respectfully & having fun that's all that counts! The whole point is to promote working cooperatively as a team. Below are some pictures of the staff members completing their assignment! ENJOY!
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Crossing Galaxies Get your group on their feet with this team building activity! Group members must “cross into another galaxy” with limited resources and a whole lot of teamwork! While it may appear easy at first, participants will realize it is much more challenging than it looks. Strategy and good communication are necessary to conquer [...]
Creative Drive Challenge: Your TASK is to create a gravity-powered transportation device that can carry pennies across the floor. Mate...
Less people are buying newspapers now, reading news online......thank goodness those that do, are willing to donate them to schools. In the past they would be used for keeping table clean. But by the end of the summer term they are sculptures, technological constituents and objects of great desire. SHOES Pixie boots, clown shoes, moccasins, flip flops, moon boots. It seemed the list was endless ( unlike the cellotape) Teachers dreamed of elegant cocktail parties, and long summer weddings. Pupils worked together in small groups. The brief was simple - one shoe, to fit a member of the team, must come on and off. The challenges were endless. Making newspaper as strong as leather without relying on the tape, folding, joining, crumpling, making laces, buckles, football boot studs, heels, bows and bells. And only using scissors for cutting the tape. We had to stop the children wearing them home!
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A perfect activity for encouraging temwork in the STEM lab or a regular classroom. All you need is string and a little imagination!
Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are all well. Today I want to share with you a card I made for our Stampin Birds Team Challenge. Each week we have a new challenge set - these can be colour, theme or techniques - but this week we are following a sketch. I chose to use the Bloom where you're planted DSP and I'm so happy with how it turned out. Measurements Gray Granite Cardstock 1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8" Basic White Cardstock 1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8" Neutrals DSP Stack Gray Granite 1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8" Bloom Where You're Planted DSP 1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8" 1pc - fussy cut Flower and pot. Fold the Gray Granite card stock along the score line to create your card base - add the basic white panel to the inside. Take the Bloom where you're planted DSP and find the centre point on the longest length - I just folded it over lightly and made a tiny pinch where it was but you could measure in out. Place this DSP into your trimmer and line up the notch into the track and cut into it approx 1 1/4". Rotate your DSP now and line up the top corner to the inside edge of the cut and score a diagonal line. Repeat this process for the bottom edge as well. so it should look like this Now very carefully fold along these score lines so that you are folding the DSP towards the centre. You will create a piece like so... Stamp the sentiments to the top and the bottom on the left hand side of the DSP, then layer this to the Neutrals DSP piece and then add to the card front. Add a fussy cut flower and pot to the card front in the centre of the two sentiments. Here's a list of the supplies I used in today's card. Product List - Click on the images to shop with me Bloom Where You're Planted 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155696] Garden Birdhouses Photopolymer Stamp Set [155090] Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008] Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper [155226] Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] Paper Trimmer [152392] Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] Paper Snips [103579] Thanks for joining me today, please click follow or subscribe by email to be notified each time I post a new project. Also be sure to sign up to my Newsletters. I send two per month, one with News & Updates and a second with an exclusive newsletter subscriber tutorial. Do get in touch if you would like to see a copy of our Annual Catalogue. We have a brand new Annual Catalogue OUT NOW- So let me know if you would like to get one in the post for you. If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter. See you soon Vickie Xxx
Team Building Games and activities for the beginning of the school year! (Or all year long!) Easy materials, easy set-up, full of learning that will last the whole year.
Are you ready for a winning combo? We tried three sports-related challenges recently and WOW this was a big hit! The challenges were challenging, but the results were spectacular. So, here we go with 3 ways to add some sports to your STEM class and 2 great hints about materials! This should get
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Learn new tricks for domino chains with these awesome engineering challenges! There are 8 printable domino challenge cards which will inspire hours of fun!
Hurray! It's Karen Burniston's Design Team Challenge day today, and the theme this month is 'Love Sweet Love' with a chocolate element thrown in! It wasn't hard to come up with the idea for this card - my DH Scott loves chocolate ice cream and chocolate sauce, so I thought I'd make a masculine, ice cream sundae Valentine card for him. I used Karen's new Ice Cream Sundae Pop-up die set, the Circle Tag Book Pop-up set for the bunting flags, and the Heart Pivot Panels set for the stitched hearts. The patterned papers are all from the Glitz 'Yours Truly' 6x6 pad, along with some paper-backed burlap and silver card. The 'You're Sweet' die is also from Karen's new release. On the card front I used the smaller hearts from the Heart Pivot Panels set, Crosshatch Squares, and 'Love you' from the Word Set 9 - Love set. This was such a fun card to make!! Links to products used:
Spaghetti Race is a very nice and unique one minute party game suitable for your ladies kitty party, kids birthday party, office party or a family picnic.
We use a lot of toilet paper at this house. With two newly potty-trained kiddos and one who is fascinated with all things potty, together use far more
For this paper structure engineering challenge you just need paper and scotch tape. Then, give your kids time to be creative and innovative! Kids learn from taking items from their everyday life and using them in new ways to do simple things. It helps them understand the world around them and how things work.
Explore our collection of free STEAM activities for kids.Try at home, in your classroom, or with your Destination Imagination team!
STEM Challenge Index Card Towers- This easy prep challenge is a favorite of STEM students! You will love the detailed teacher's guide
Marble Track Instant Challenge and free printables: Using basic materials, children create a marble track to lead a marble into a taped area.
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Mali's Tower. {I was quite impressed that my 4 year old completed the challenge within the specifications} *Ü* If you missed it, be sure...
I set about creating household object challenges for kid to invite children to learn by doing and incorporate the concepts articulated by Daniel Pink on Think!
Save the Canister We had a great time at Georgia Teen Institute (GTI) 2015, especially when we worked with our Youth Action Teams during Team Meetings and with other youth from across the state in Family Group! At GTI, one way we engage youth is by providing multiple opportunities for them to work together as [...]
Use STEM engineering activities in elementary school as a fun, engaging, and meaningful way to tackle the Next Generation Science Standards.
A few days ago I was putting together some containers of STEM materials, using straws for the challenge, and heard a student say this: "I see straws in those bins. We use a lot of straws!" Yes, we do! In fact, we use so many straws for challenges that I asked for straws to