Team Building

Assignment
Alexis Seidl
Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School
IDC 4OUX
Extreme Speed Dating

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 Objective Instructions Sample
The objective of the game ‘Extreme Speed 1. Split the participants into Questions
Dating’ is to get the group of people two separate groups
participating familiar with each other in a 2. Make group #1 stand in 1. What was the
fun and engaging way. Through this game a circle highlight of your
you will be able have many different 3. Make group #2 stand in week been thus
conversations with various types of people far?
a circle around group #1,
and hopefully create a personal connection 2. What do you like
with them.
have them face each to do in your free
other time?
4. The coordinator of the 3. What is your
activity will read out funniest
conversation questions childhood
Materials 5. After a couple minutes memory?
of talking have group #1 4. If you could meet
You don’t need any materials for this team move a certain amount one person, dead
building exercise :) of spaces around the or alive, who
circle to a new person would it be and
why?

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 Variations
A simple and effective variation
would be to add easy tasks that the
different partners would need to
accomplish together, this is how it
will work;
1. After the partners have their
two minute conversation you
need to tell them to do a
certain task together
2. After a couple rotations the
activity coordinator would yell
“handshake partner”, “rock,
paper, scissors partner” etc.
and they will need to find that
specific partner and complete
that task
3. Then they will go back to their
spots in the circle and
continue the original activity
Sample Partner Tasks
1. Handshake Partner: must
come up with a unique
handshake
1. Rock, Paper, Scissors
Partner: must play a game
of rock paper scissors
1. Table Partner: must link
arms and sit down than try
to stand up with their arms
still linked
1. Silly Face Partner: must
make a silly face and try to
make your partner laugh
1. Freeze Partner: must work
together to create a frozen
scene 4
Debrief
These are a few sample
questions that you could ask the
group after the activity to get
them thinking of the why or
purpose;
1. What skills does this
activity teach you?
1. Do you feel as if you made
a connection with your
group members?
1. Why is creating
connections with your
peers important?
Alphabet Soup

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 Objective
The objective of the activity “Alphabet
Soup” is to get all the participants to
work together to reach a common goal.
This is an important skill that groups
need to learn when it comes to real life
scenarios, this activity is a great way to
represent this.
Instructions
1. Make two separate circles
with the string/yarn
2. Randomly place the letters
of the alphabet in each
circle
3. Separate the participants
into two equal groups
4. Each group needs to
choose on person to be
blindfolded and put in the
Variation
One person in the outside the circle
needs to face the opposite
direction and the rest the group
will have to tell that person what
to say using actions instead of
speaking and that one participant
is the only person that can tell the
blindfolded person where to go

Materials 5.
middle of the circle
The rest of the group
Debrief
members need to stand
outside the circle and 1. What skill did this
★ Two 4 meter long strips of string activity promote?
communicate with the
or yarn person in the middle 2. Why is communication
6. They need get the person in important in real life
★ Two sets of the alphabet cut out the middle to pick up all the scenarios?
of paper (individual letters) letters in alphabetical order 3. How does this activity
7. First group to collect all the relate to leadership?
★ Blindfold letter the fastest wins
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 = blindfolded

Diagram of Alphabet Soup

participant

= group members

A S
Z V C R

G H
C F
T
X E
A Z

D Y J

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Skittles Get-to-Know Me

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 Objective
The objective of the team building
activity “Skittles Get-to-Know Me” is to
build relationships within groups in a
fun and creative way. This is a great
activity to use when working with a
group that are unfamiliar with each
other
Materials
★ Skittles (the amount of bags of
skittles varies depending on the
size of the group)
★ Napkins
Instructions
1. Separate the participants
into equal groups of 3-6
people
1. Hand each participant three
different colours of skittles
and a napkin
1. Each skittle colour will have
a corresponding question
that goes along with it
1. In their small groups they
will go around in a circle and
discuss the question
assigned to them with the
rest of the group
1. After they’ve answered their
questions they can eat their
skittles
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Colour Questions
Red: What is your funniest
childhood memory?
Orange: What are your
future goals/plans?
Yellow: What do you enjoy
doing on your free time?
Green: If you could have
dinner with anyone dead or
alive who would it be and
why?
Purple: If you could have
an superpower what would
it be and why?
 Variations
This team building exercise focuses on creating a personal connection with your peers and is simply promoting
open conversations within a group. Therefore, the activity “Skittles Get-to-Know Me” does not have any
complex variations to add to the game due to the fact it is solely based on natural conversations. Although, it is
important to keep a maximum amount of six people in each group because any more and the participants will
feel less connected to the other members.

Debrief
1. Do you feel as if you learned something new about your peers?

1. Why do you think it is important to build connections within a group environment?

1. Why is it important as a leader to create relationships with your peers?

1. What are some possible disadvantages to not building connections with your peers?
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Flip It

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 Objective Instructions
The objective of the activity “Flip It” is to 1. Split the participants up ★ If it is too difficult, the
force the group to work together to into groups of 12 or less
achieve a common goal ultimately (the more people the
improving teamwork within the group. better)
As well as this exercise works on 2. Place the bed sheet(s) ★ If it is too simple, the
improving communication and decision flat on the floor
making as a group 3. Get the the groups to
stand on their sheet,
they may need to
squeeze together
Materials 4. The group must
communicate and flip
the sheet onto the other
★ Large bed sheet (may need more side without stepping 1.
than one depending on size of off the sheet
group) 5. If there are multiple 2.
groups the group that
★ Open space completely flips the 3.
sheet first wins
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Variations
participants are allowed
to take one foot of the
sheet
participants won’t be
able to talk until they’ve
flipped the sheet
Debrief
What skill was this
activity focused on?
How can communication
benefit groups?
Was it difficult making
decisions as a group?
Chicken Hunt

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 Objective
The objective of the activity
“Chicken Hunt” is to enhance
everybody’s communication skills,
help people work together, and
teach to trust your team.
Materials
★ Rubber chickens
★ Blindfolds
★ Large open space
Instructions
1. Scatter rubber chickens around the field
2. Make random groups of three
3. Blindfold player #1
4. Get player #2 to face the field of chickens and player #3 to
stand in front of player #2 with their back to the field of
chickens
5. Player #2 and #3 are directing blindfolded player #1 to a
rubber chicken on the field
6. Player #2 is not allowed to speak, using their hands, they
must signal to player #3 what direction player #1 must go
7. Player #3 must watch player #2’s hand signals and verbally
communicate it to player #1
8. Player #1 will follow the directions of how to get to the
chicken, once they find it they will pick it up to receive a point
9. Player #1 drops the chicken, and player #2 and #3 direct them
to a new chicken
10. The first group to collect 3 chickens win
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 Variations
To make the game more difficult, a point is scored by throwing the chicken
at someone from another team (and hitting them). To make the game
easier, have less groups playing at once

Debrief
1. Did the fact that you had to work together make the exercise harder? If so, why?
2. What have you learned from this exercise?
3. What was the most difficult part of this exercise?
4. What is the importance of communication in the real world?

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