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Lesson 1: Teamwork

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Lesson 1: Teamwork

Learning outcomesYou will be able to:• improve your performance in a task through

improved communication and cooperation• reflect on your learning• develop a standard operating procedure.

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Activity 1.1: Airball challenge

The goal: Use the carrier tube to deposit as many balls as possible into the goal tube in five minutes.Rules•Strings must be tied to the carrier tube to move the tube and tip it. Each group member must hold at least one length of string.•No handling of either tube within 2m of the goal tube. •No moving position once a ball has been placed in the carrier tube.

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Activity 1.1: Airball challenge

Following the rules, transfer marbles or small balls from the carrier tube to the goal tube.

goal tubecarrier tube

marble or bead

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Activity 1.2: Agreeing a standard operating procedure

• Check we understand what we are doing.• Split the challenge into different tasks.• Remind ourselves of our ideas.• Give people different jobs to do.• Brainstorm our ideas to help us achieve the challenge.• Choose a group organiser.• Read the challenge.• Decide how we will allow everyone to have their say and be

heard.• Agree a set of commands that will help communication.• Check time or keep to schedule.

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Airball challenge rules refresher• Use Blu-Tack to stick one tube in an open space, open end

upwards. This is the ‘goal tube’.• Tie the strings to the other tube so that the tube can be

carried and tipped. This is the ‘carrier tube’.• Transport a number of balls (one at a time) to the goal tube.• Each group member must hold at least one length of string

connected to the carrier tube.• No team member may handle a ball within 2m of the goal

tube.• No team member may move from position once a ball has

been placed into the carrier tube.

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Airball challenge suggested solution12 o’clock

goal tube

carrier tube

marble or bead

8 o’clock

4 o’clock6 o’clock

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Lesson 1: Plenary

Discuss• What aspects of the standard operating

procedure were most successful?• What differences were there between the

standard operating procedures of different teams?

• What variations of airball can you think of?

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