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Building the Tower

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Illustrate the importance of collaboration among groups working to achieve similar goals.
Demonstrate how competition can be potentially destructive.
 
===Group Size===
[[Category:Medium]][[:Category:Medium| Medium]]
===Materials===
===Materials:===
1 package of candy (with enough for each participant to have some)
===Set Up===
 
===Directions===
Big Picture:
Participants will work in three groups build towers that look like a pre-built tower. Each group will be missing some of the supplies necessary to build their tower, but between the groups they will have enough to build 3 towers identical to the pre-built tower if they decide to collaborate and share supplies. The facilitators should make sure this is not immediately obvious, and once it becomes more obvious, the facilitators should neither discourage or encourage collaboration. The groups will be purposely set against each other through competition (and therefore they will be less likely to collaborate). Use appropriate additional debrief questions based on the groups choice to collaborate or not to collaborate.
 
Procedure: 15 min
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