Marshmallows, spaghetti, tape, and teams?

Purpose: Being able to work as part of a team is an important skill regardless of whether you work face-to-face, remotely, or in a hybrid environment. The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate course related concepts from the teams content section.

Time frame: 30 minutes (5 minutes for instructions and set up, 15 minutes to build, 10 minutes for discussion)

Instructions: 

1.    Your instructor will assign you to be a part of a team. Some teams will be large, and some will be small but the instructions for each team will remain the same.

2.    Teams will be provided with building materials (E.g., a marshmallow, 20 pieces of spaghetti, and an arm’s length of tape).

3.    Each team will be given 15 minutes to build the tallest, free-standing structure possible.