Marshmallow Challenge - Grade 12
It is a team-building activity in which teams must compete to build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one meter of tape, one meter of string, and one marshmallow. It is an activity for beginners in design thinking to practice prototyping in testing.An extremely fun and educational way to reinforce key concepts of the practice, challenge the process. This is an easy activity that requires minimal space and very few supplies to perform. There were groups made of 5 in an unique way. Each member of the group had different birth months. It emphasizes group communication, leadership dynamics, collaboration, innovation and problem solving strategy. Its an activity where teams will practice the design process that includes thinking, doing, prototyping, and iteration. This last point, iteration, may be the most important.