Fun Brain Teaser Game Challenges Logic - Polar Bears & Ice Holes
Fun Brain Teaser Game Challenges Logic - Polar Bears & Ice Holes is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Roll all three dice onto a surface so the results can be viewed by all.
- Announce that there are X number of polar bears and X number of ice holes present.
- Roll all three dice for multiple rounds and continue to report on the changing number of polar bears and ice holes that appear.
- Challenge your group to accurately count the number of polar bears and ice holes in each round.
- Gradually provide more obvious clues with each successive roll until everyone can ‘see’ the polar bears and ice holes represented by the dice.
- Polar Bears & Ice Holes Brain teaser game to challenge observation & logic skills.
- Polar Bears & Ice Holes is a brain teaser game that encourages creative hypothesis testing and logical elimination of possibilities.
- The gradual revelation process builds excitement whilst demonstrating how breakthrough moments often come after sustained mental effort and collaborative discussion.
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Prompts to use +
Roll all three dice onto a surface so the results can be viewed by all.
Announce that there are X number of polar bears and X number of ice holes present.
Roll all three dice for multiple rounds and continue to report on the changing number of polar bears and ice holes that appear.
Challenge your group to accurately count the number of polar bears and ice holes in each round.
Gradually provide more obvious clues with each successive roll until everyone can ‘see’ the polar bears and ice holes represented by the dice.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Brain Teaser Game Challenges Logic - Polar Bears & Ice Holes. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Roll all three dice onto a surface so the results can be viewed by all.; Announce that there are X number of polar bears and X number of ice holes present.; Roll all three dice for multiple rounds and continue to report on the changing number of polar bears and ice holes that appear.; Challenge your group to accurately count the number of polar bears and ice holes in each round.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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