Fun Outdoor Team Challenge for Creative Thinking - Longest Shadow
Fun Outdoor Team Challenge for Creative Thinking - Longest Shadow is an adventure initiative exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Invite your group outside on a bright, sunny day within a wide open space.
- Challenge your group to work together to position themselves in a manner that casts the longest shadow possible.
- Each group starts their shadow touching a common starting line.
- To heighten the challenge and govern fair play:
- - The shadow must be one continuous line, ie all shadows must be connected; and
- - Only bodies may be used to cast a shadow, ie no clothing or other props.
- Allow the group to have as many attempts as possible within 10 minutes.
- Longest Shadow Outdoor team challenge to boost creativity & teamwork.
- Longest Shadow leverages the power of ordinary sunlight to spark creative opportunities for groups to work together.
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Prompts to use +
Invite your group outside on a bright, sunny day within a wide open space.
To heighten the challenge and govern fair play:
Allow the group to have as many attempts as possible within 10 minutes.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Outdoor Team Challenge for Creative Thinking - Longest Shadow. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Invite your group outside on a bright, sunny day within a wide open space.; To heighten the challenge and govern fair play:; Allow the group to have as many attempts as possible within 10 minutes.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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