Zin Obelisk #team working

Zin Obelisk  #team working

This is a classroom based activity that requires the facilitator to read through the instructions and to print and cut out the cards on the VLE. Duration is approximately 1 ½ hours.

"The Obelisk of Zin" is a classic training team exercise that works particularly well for large teams. Using a set of information cards that they cannot show to their colleagues, the team has to work out when a statue called the Obelisk of Zin was completed. The game can only be solved when everyone in the team participates and so has valuable learning points for the role of individuals in teams. There are strong links to maths and English in this task.

The 3 aims of "The Obelisk of Zin" are:

• To practise working together in large teams to solve a problem
• To underline the responsibility everyone has for team success
• To manage varied information in a team.

Learners are to follow this up by answering the questions on the VLE.