Solving problems as a team
Some challenges you can only solve by combining ideas — and a team that listens to everyone usually beats one dominated by a single voice.
Part of your national curriculum
- Outdoor and adventurous activity: Solve problems individually and as part of a group, encouraging others and working collaboratively to meet a challenge
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Solve problems individually and as part of a group, encouraging others and working collaboratively to meet a challenge
Key learning points
- • Individual problem-solving
- • Group collaboration
- • Encouragement under pressure
This lesson at a glance
- 20 minutes
- 16 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Solving problems as a team
Some challenges you can only solve by combining ideas — and a team that listens to everyone usually beats one dominated by a single voice.
In a nutshell
Solve problems individually and as part of a group, encouraging others and working collaboratively to meet a challenge
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · Individual problem-solving
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Learn
Individual problem-solving
Every team member should try solving part of a challenge independently first — this generates a wider range of ideas than immediately defaulting to one person's plan, and builds everyone's confidence to contribute.
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
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Learn
Group collaboration
Sharing individual ideas, then testing and combining the best elements, usually produces a stronger overall solution than any one person's original idea. Good groups actively invite quieter members to speak.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 2 of 2
Part 2 · Encouragement under pressure
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Learn
Encouragement under pressure
Challenges often go wrong before they go right. Teams that encourage rather than blame after a failed attempt keep morale and focus high, which directly improves the chance of solving the next attempt successfully.
Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
Part 14 of 16
Game · Recall cards
Why should team members try solving a problem individually first?
Card 1 of 3
Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Solving problems as a team
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Why should team members try solving a problem individually first?
2. What usually produces the strongest solution?
3. How should a team respond after a failed attempt?
Lesson round-up
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Solve problems individually and as part of a group, encouraging others and working collaboratively to meet a challenge