\nTo provide engaged team atmosphere.
\nTo test team dynamics under time-constrained conditions.
\nTo experience rapid team idea exchange, design and decision-making.
\nFor the teambuilding lessons.
\nTo create an impromptu structure of leadership and functional responsibilities.
\nTo focus on blend of instant creativity and teamwork.
\nTo work with basic (on-hand) materials.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, when you’re given a small window of opportunity to prove or demonstrate something, you have to build that thing with just the materials at hand and with only your instinct about whether it will work. Think MacGyver. Think Top Chef Quickfire Challenge.<\/p>\n
HOW?<\/strong> TEAM DESIGN CHALLENGE: ALUMINUM FOIL CHUTE RACES This is partly a recount of the team design challenge from June 2011. It is also an opportunity to think why we do this exercise, and variations that are consistent with the objectives. WHY? To provide engaged team atmosphere. To test team dynamics under time-constrained conditions. To experience […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity","category-ideas","category-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3511,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions\/3511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nStudents will not be given the details of this exercise until the start of the time slot.
\nTime slot will be 3 hours: 15 minutes explanation, 30 minutes brainstorming and design, 1 hour construction, 1 hour set-up and execution, 15 minutes discussion.
\nThe aim will be to design a chute using some basic materials.
\nLast year\u2019s materials: aluminum foil (1 roll), elastic bands (1 box), paper clips (1 box), tape (1 roll), cup (1 ea), golf balls (4 ea), string (1 ball).
\nMaterials are open to variation.
\nExamples: water instead of golf balls; chute must have Y- junction; baseball instead of golf ball; curvature (spiral, bend or mole-hill); ramp-jump; jump and land in receptacle (eg, a bucket).<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/sdgc\/images\/ycislsp_tdc.jpg\" "\\"teamdesignchallenge\\"")
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