In teamwork activities, students experience the ways teamwork and design processes influence each other, and learn about ways to design together effectively.
In “Good Designers do “X”: Connecting Design and Teamwork”, students will identify and make connections between Good Designers do “X” statements and conceptual frameworks of teamwork and team dynamics. We have three frameworks here, but we encourage you to also apply any of your own frameworks that you find or develop.
Subject area: Design awareness, Design process, Design expertise, Teamwork
Activity type: Discussion
“Marshmallow Tower” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Marshmallow Tower”, students will work in teams to create the tallest freestanding tower out of dry spaghetti noodles and duct tape to support a jumbo marshmallow at the top.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Oreo Tower” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Oreo Tower”, students will work in teams to create the tallest freestanding tower out of Oreo cookies.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Soccer World Cup” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Soccer World Cup, students will work in teams to make a device to score a ping-pong "soccer" goal.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Balloon Car” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Balloon Car”, students will work in teams to create, iterate, and test a balloon-powered vehicle.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build