Spaghetti Tower Challenge- 150pts

150 POINT ACADEMIC BLOG

Part of Job Retention skills is having good communication, collaboration and cooperation skills; among many other skills. This Team Building Skills Activity consisted of 4 team members who were given 3 feet of tape, 3 feet of sting, 20 spaghetti sticks and ONE marshmallow that had to remain at the very top!

Each team followed a different process.... plan, sketch, discussed, started building right away, etc.

Analyzing Questions:

1. How did you team begin this process?

2. What did you find easy? What was a challenge? Why do you think so?

3. What age group do you feel THIS activity may be BEST for?....... Kinder? Elementary? Middle? High School? College Students? Graduate Students? Those with many years of job experience? CEO's? Retired Individuals? WHY?

Paragraph #1: Leadership

• Was there a leader on your team? Who was it and who decided who the leader would be?

• If you had no leader, do you think having designated someone a leader would have helped?

Paragraph #2: Collaboration

• What did collaboration look like and sound like in this process?

• Did you feel everyone's ideas were well received during the activity?

• How was your frustration/patience level?

• Were all teammates included?

Paragraph #3: Planning

• Did your team have a plan?

• Did the plan work?

• Did you veer from the plan at all? Why or why not?

• What worked?

• What didn’t work?

Paragraph #4: All About Me

• What did you learn about yourself throughout this activity?

• Are you a leader? Do you work well in groups? Do you work well under pressure? Do you become frustrated under pressure?

• What is something you could work on in the next challenge activity?