Fun Team-Building Challenge For Exploration - Treasure Hunt
Fun Team-Building Challenge For Exploration - Treasure Hunt is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, locate or identify a variety of hidden ‘treasured items’ within a defined area for your group to uncover, eg note the year marked on a commemorative statue.
- Based on this list of treasured items, develop a list of cryptic or navigational clues or a map that will guide your teams to the location of each item, eg “Travel north-west for 100 metres and look up” or “What is the address of the upside-down building?”
- Note, the description of your clues will be guided by your preference to develop a list of treasures which can be located randomly (at any time in any order) or in a prescribed sequence which every team follows.
- Form small teams of approximately 3 to 6 people.
- Copy your list or map of treasures and distribute it to every small team.
- Challenge each team to locate and identify a response to every item on the list within a set time limit, eg 1 hour.
- Answer any questions and describe any boundaries, if necessary.
- When ready, announce that the time has started.
- Treasure Hunt Fun team-building challenge combining exploration & puzzles.
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In advance, locate or identify a variety of hidden ‘treasured items’ within a defined area for your group to uncover, eg note the year marked on a commemorative statue.
Based on this list of treasured items, develop a list of cryptic or navigational clues or a map that will guide your teams to the location of each item, eg “Travel north-west for 100 metres and look up” or “What is the address of the upside-down building?”
Note, the description of your clues will be guided by your preference to develop a list of treasures which can be located randomly (at any time in any order) or in a prescribed sequence which every team follows.
Form small teams of approximately 3 to 6 people.
Copy your list or map of treasures and distribute it to every small team.
Challenge each team to locate and identify a response to every item on the list within a set time limit, eg 1 hour.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Fun Team-Building Challenge For Exploration - Treasure Hunt. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, locate or identify a variety of hidden ‘treasured items’ within a defined area for your group to uncover, eg note the year marked on a commemorative statue.; Based on this list of treasured items, develop a list of cryptic or navigational clues or a map that will guide your teams to the location of each item, eg “Travel north-west for 100 metres and look up” or “What is the address of the upside-down building?”; Note, the description of your clues will be guided by your preference to develop a list of treasures which can be located randomly (at any time in any order) or in a prescribed sequence which every team follows.; Form small teams of approximately 3 to 6 people.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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