Team Puzzle Challenges for Critical Thinking - Mastermind Relay
Team Puzzle Challenges for Critical Thinking - Mastermind Relay 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, visit the Resources tab to download a set of Print+Play lateral-thinking/problem-solving activities.
- Print one puzzle per sheet of paper and pin these sheets in different locations throughout your playing space.
- Form small teams of 2 to 5 people and equip them with a pen and paper.
- Challenge each team to visit all of the various stations and solve as many of the problems as they can in the allotted time.
- Each team can set their own pace and visit the puzzles in any order.
- Upon conclusion, regather your group and review all of the solutions.
- Lead your group in a brief reflection of the activity.
- Mastermind Relay Team puzzle challenges to develop critical thinking & collaboration.
- It creates an engaging, competitive environment where small teams tackle a set of brain teasers and lateral-thinking puzzles at their own pace.
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In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a set of Print+Play lateral-thinking/problem-solving activities.
Form small teams of 2 to 5 people and equip them with a pen and paper.
Each team can set their own pace and visit the puzzles in any order.
It creates an engaging, competitive environment where small teams tackle a set of brain teasers and lateral-thinking puzzles at their own pace.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Team Puzzle Challenges for Critical Thinking - Mastermind Relay. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, visit the Resources tab to download a set of Print+Play lateral-thinking/problem-solving activities.; Form small teams of 2 to 5 people and equip them with a pen and paper.; Each team can set their own pace and visit the puzzles in any order.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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