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2. Lesson 1: Teamwork

3. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 Lesson 1: Teamwork Learning outcomes You will be able to: improve your performance in a task through improved communication and cooperation reflect on your learning develop a standard operating procedure.

4. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 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.

5. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 Activity 1.1: Airball challenge Following the rules, transfer marbles or small balls from the carrier tube to the goal tube. goal tube carrier tube marble or bead

6. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 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.

7. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 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.

8. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 Airball challenge suggested solution 12 o’clock goal tube carrier tube marble or bead 8 o’clock 4 o’clock 6 o’clock

9. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 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?

10. © Nuffield Foundation 2010 Games topics