1. Divergent Thinking: TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY
Using divergent thinking to accomplish team-based goals.

2. What is divergent thinking?
Seriously...
Take a second to look it up.

3. Divergent Thinking
Ken Robinson’s
Changing Education
Paradigms

4. What is divergent thinking?

5. How can you use divergent thinking at school?

6. Team Building Activity:
Drop the Ball

7. In groups of four, you are to complete the following activity:
Instructions
In groups of four, you are to complete the following activity:
Create a container that will catch a golf ball from approximately 8 feet in the air.

8. Materials
Golf Ball
12 Straws
18 Inches of Masking Tape

9. You have ten minutes to complete this assignment.
Create the Container
You have ten minutes to complete this assignment.

10. Test the Container One person from each group:
Stand in the seat of your desk with the golf ball
Wait until asked to drop the ball

11. Reflection
In a paragraph (5-8 sentences), describe the event you have just experienced.
Did you accomplish your goal?
Did your group think divergently?
What would you have done differently? Why?