Lesson Topic:

Cooperative Problem Solving Unit (Team Challenge Friday)

Lesson Description:

Galaxy Defenders: Students work together (small group) to solve the challenge in the least amount of time

Learning Goals/Outcomes:

Students will experience a challenging situation with appropriate guidance from the teacher intended to develop and/or apply the following skills: Problem Solving - Appropriate Risk Taking - Developing Working Relationships - Cooperation - Leadership - Communication - Creative Thinking - Building of Trust - Decision Making - Goal Setting - Physical Skill Development

Nebraska Standards:

PE.4.3.2 Engages in physical activity. PE.4.3.2.a Engages in physical activity in physical education class without teacher prompting. (M) PE.4.4.1 Exhibits personal responsibility in physical activity settings. PE.4.4.1.a Exhibits responsible behavior in independent group situations. (M) PE.4.4.1.b Reflects on personal and social behavior in physical activity settings. (M) PE.4.4.2 Accepts and responds to specific corrective feedback from teacher and peers. PE.4.4.2.a Listens respectfully to specific corrective feedback from peers and adults. (M) PE.4.4.2.b Gives positive corrective feedback respectfully to peers when prompted. (E)  PE.4.4.3 Exhibits responsible social behavior when working with others. PE.4.4.3.a Praises the movement performance of others with varying skill abilities. (M) PE.4.4.3.b Accepts players of varying skill levels into the physical activity. (M)        PE.4.4.4 Follows rules and demonstrates proper etiquette. PE.4.4.4.a Exhibits etiquette and adherence to rules in a variety of physical activities. (E) PE.4.4.5 Participates safely in physical activities. PE.4.4.5.a Works safely with peers and equipment in physical activity settings. (M) 

Teacher Planning:

Equipment/Materials Needed:

Beanbags-36 (6 of each color),  Hula Hoop-12 or 18 depending on class size (2 or 3 of each color),                                        Colored Bucket-6 (1 each color), Something (rope, tape, cones, etc etc) to create approx 8 ft circle boundary on the floor.

Time Required for Lesson:

30 minutes

Diagram/Setup:

Teams of 2-3 students need 2 hoops (spaceships) outside the circle at each bucket (power canister), teams of 4 or more students need 3 hoops. Scatter the beanbags (resources) around general space, so that each color is spread out evenly.                                  Buckets go inside the center circle (home planet). 

Technology Use:

_____ YES               ___x__NO

Instructional Plan:

Anticipatory Set/Pre-Activity:

Benefits/Explanation/Real-World Connection:

Well designed and purposeful team building activities create opportunities for students and classes/teams to face emotional, social and physical challenges. Team Challenge activities provides situations where students must create and work as a team, develop and apply strategies to achieve the objective given. As a result of effective instruction facilitates self discovery and that the process of reaching the goal is most important and the outcome results from the process. Effective Team building provides students with the experience and creates an understanding that failure is only temporary and changes can be made to continue on the path towards a goal. The teacher must intentionally teach respectful competition (without the other team you cant play!), teamwork, selflessness, and character. Valuable tools for the duration of each students life.

Activities (i.e. instructions, warm-up, lesson, cool-down):

Goal: collect all your resources in the least amount of time.

Tell the students that an attack has been made on the planet, an explosion has sent resources (beanbags) into outer space (general space). Your team is trying to collect the resources and put them into the power canister (bucket) on your home planet (center circle). The spaceships (hula hoops) have also been damaged but still work slightly…

Rules for the challenge: 

1-A spaceship CANNOT move with someone inside … they only protect you from outer space.

Spaceship moving with someone inside = Penalty

2-You may not TOUCH the floor outside of home planet or spaceship.

Touch the floor with any part of body or clothes = Penalty

3-Everyone must travel through space to collect resources … work as a team.

Anyone left behind = Penalty

4-Your team may only leave from/return to home planet using their teams “dock” or “port”.

Enter or Exit home planet from other teams “dock” or “port” = Penalty

PENALTY or SACRIFICE = return to home planet + loss of 1 resource (teacher choice-from hand or from bucket)

Give the teams 60 seconds at the start of the challenge to discuss their strategy/plan/route/path/ideas … on the G-O signal start the timer (everyone must be on home planet to start) If or when a team collects all 6 of their resources, depending on time, tell them they can collect a different color (teacher choice of color-choose 1 that has most left in space)

Closure:

Bring the team to the "Huddle" and ask the students, 

"Who did you see helping the team, and which 'Tool for Success' they used?" "What did you see hurting the team, how?"

Make sure to emphasize naming the person who helped and identifying the behavior that hurt without naming student!

TOOLS for SUCCESS: Curiosity - Self Esteem - Grit - Self Awareness - Self Control - Persistence 

Assessment :

Record if the team is able to complete the challenge.

Time how long it takes the team to complete the challenge.

(Formative/Summative)

Supplemental Information:

Modifications:

More or Less Beanbags, More or Less Hoops, or More or Less Teams

Safety Precautions:

NONE

Comments (adaptations for various grades/ages, teaching styles, etc.)

NONE