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12 B C-TB4 - Egg Tower Challenge VF USB
12 B C-TB4 - Egg Tower Challenge VF USB
12 B C-TB4 - Egg Tower Challenge VF USB
Description: This session is designed to help peer groups get to know each other on a
deeper level and begin bonding.
Objectives:
By the end of the session, I will be able to:
● I will learn more about my colleagues.
Key points:
● Your colleagues are important. Sharing with them, working with them, and bonding
with them is essential.
Performance ● N/A
Goals
PREPARATION
● Ask the participants to arrange their chairs in in a circle
● Write the learning objective on the board
● Ask participants to put their notebooks under their chairs.
● Hard boil eggs (1 egg for every 4 participants)
OPENING (5 minutes)
Instructor note: This section is designed to introduce participants to the objectives for the
session.
● Explain that in this session participants will continue to work on their relationships as a
team.
● Objectives: Review objectives and provide rationale for the value of the
● Give Directions:
❏ Divide participants into groups of four.
❏ Explain that each team will have 20 pieces of paper and 35 minutes to
build a tower.
❏ Mention that they should want their tower to be:
❏ The highest in the room
❏ Capable of holding an egg
❏ Self-supporting and must sit on the floor
❏ Tell them that they can use chairs to stand on while they are creating
the tower but the tower can only be made of paper and tape.
❏ DO NOT TELL PARTICIPANTS THAT THE EGG IS HARD BOILED.
● Monitor time and Walk Around.FT Give 15, 25, and 30 minute warnings. After 35
minutes, call time.
● Allow groups to take pictures of their towers if they would like. These pictures can later
be combined into a poster for the group to view at a later date.
⟲ Debrief
● Ask students to stand up if they liked working on a team or stay seated if they would
prefer to complete a challenge like this on their own.
● Ask: How was your tower affected by your group’s ability to work together as a team?
○ Cold Call FT
● Explain that teamwork, communication, and collaboration are key values of Generation
and give examples of situations where they might need to put them in practice during the
program.
CLOSING (5 minutes)
Instructor note: During this section, participants reflect on what they have learned.
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