The Spaghetti Tower Challenge: Team
Building Exercise.
Teams
of Four
20
sticks of spaghetti
1
yard tape
1
yard string
1 Marshmallow
Direction: Build the tallest
freestanding Structure in
18
Minutes using only the materials above
Rules:
·
Don’t eat or cut the marshmallow!
·
Marshmallow goes on the very top
·
The tower will be measured from the base to the
top of the marshmallow.
Notes: I did this activity the second time I visited Delray Neighborhood house. It was a very
fun activity, and it served as an ice breaker between us the children from the
center. The children really enjoyed it. I must warn that it is very challenging
to build the tower, for adults. Watch the video to hear why children in kindergarten
do better in this challenge than business school students.
After the activity we gave the
team with the tallest toward a prize. We gave smaller prizes to everyone for
participating.
Great resource! I really like actives that promote team building rather than using actives that only promote reflection or are based around psych education, which is what I am primarily familiar with. They can be used in so many scenarios and I think it would be great to do with families who struggle to communicate and work together, which I see a lot at my field placement. Thanks for sharing!
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