Environmental Education Center at University of Rhode Island's W. Alton Jones Campus

CHALLENGE COURSE

GOAL:
Further develop teambuilding skills learned during Group Building by overcoming a variety of increasingly difficult group challenges on a low-ropes challenge course.

OBJECTIVES:

·Continue to work on group building using low ropes challenge course elements.

·Develop trust and group interactions between students.

·Enhance communication among group members.

·Show respect and empathy for others and encourage appropriate risk-taking.

·Build a sense of community among and between group members.

CONCEPTS/TOPICS:

·Trust
·Respect
·Empathy
·Frustration management
·Risk taking
·Commitment
·Encouragement
·Compromise

After completing this lesson the aim is for students to be able to:

·List two examples where it is critical to trust others.

·Define communication and describe how it can help or hinder teamwork.

·Describe how respect, empathy, and encouragement influences group dynamics.

·Define three ways to help build a sense of community in a group.

·Describe a real life situation where skills learned can be applied.

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