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20. Toxic Waste Time – 45 mins Suggested participants – teams of about 8 Equipment required – 2 paint kettles per group (take the handles off for the exercise), 6 two-metre lengths of bungee cord, water, food colouring/ ink to dye water, 6 metre length of rope. (The B&Q Depot on the way to Clifton has paint kettles, bungee cord and rope) Activity level – Mainly group discussion, brainstorms and experimentation, at the end some of the team be involved in a dextrous exercise. Explanation Make the rope into a circle. Put it down on the floor and put the two paint kettles in the middle. Fill one with water and food colouring. Explain to the group that “You have arrived at the scene of an industrial accident. In one bucket is toxic waste. It is so dangerous that it is corroding the bucket and needs moving into the other more suitable receptacle. Anyone who steps over the boundary marked by the rope will receive a fatal dose of toxins. Therefore, you cannot cross the rope circle. All you have to move the bucket are these 6 lengths of cord. You must empty the liquid from one bucket to the other. You must not spill any liquid.” Although at first, this exercise seems impossible, there is at least one solution. The best method is to coil one of the bungee cords into a loop that will fit tightly around the kettle. Then loop the other cords through it so that the group can expand the first loop. Then with team members on all sides of the rope circle put the bungee cord loop over the top of the paint kettle. From here, the team ought to then be able to lift the bucket and pour the liquid into the second kettle. This exercise really ought to be done outside. Variations & Your Notes NTU Icebreakers Guide 26
21. Newspaper Fashion Time – 30 mins Suggested participants – teams of about 6 – 8 Equipment required – Lots of loo roll, sellotape Activity level – Mainly group discussion & brainstorms, ending with loo roll haute couture and modelling Explanation Give each team a loo roll and explain that they have 15 minutes to design and make a: - dress - skirt - jacket - suit - hat - swimming costume - etc One person will model it and the others will have to give a commentary on their groundbreaking fashion statement. Variations & Your Notes When I’ve done this activity with art & design students I often extend the activity by asking the students to pick - a location for a dream photo shoot and theme - the perfect model - 3 records (can we still call them records?) to play to support the mood I’ve come across suggestions to do this with loo roll. It might be a quicker activity to do NTU Icebreakers Guide 27
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