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Tennis Ball Stomp!
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- Math Process Skills
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Reasoning
- Connections
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- Life Skills
- Learning to learn
- Decision making
- Problem solving
- Communication
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- Materials (per group)
- 4 tennis balls per person
- 6 foot pole (optional)
- large area inside or outside with hard floor
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- Doing the Activity
- Your team is to cross a contaminated area. You and any one on your team can not make any physical contact with the
ground while in this contaminated area.
- Team members each receive four tennis balls that have been treated
with a substance that makes them impervious to contamination.
- Using only the tennis balls, your team is to make their way across
the contaminated area.
- If anyone on the team touches the floor with any part of their body
, they must return to the start.
- Tennis balls can be shared and be used in any manner or position
on the floor. They may be recycled.
- Use tape to establish the boundaries of the contaminated area. Area
should be approximately 20 feet (6 meters).
- Spot or assist other team members.
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- Reflecting
- How did your team decide how to use the tennis balls?
- How did your team feel when they did or did not accomplish their
goal?
- Did your team work together to achieve goal?
- What did you learn about decision making while doing this activity?
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- Applying
- How can you apply what you learned about decision making to other
situations?
- How will what you learned about problem solving be useful in the
future?
- How can you become a better decision maker?
- How will I change because of what I have learned?
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- What's Happening
- Teams will use several problem solving techniques and decision
making skills in attempting to accomplish their goal. They will learn
to identify possible solutions, compare and select best alternative,
plan a strategy, carry out the plan, and evaluate the results.
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- More Challenges
- Can your team accomplish the same goal with fewer tennis balls?
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Internet Sites for students
Internet Sites for leaders
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- Activity Source
- Iowa State University, Extension - Science, Engineering, and Technology.
E-SET web site:
http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/y4h/e-set/
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ISU
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