Rubber Band String Cup Pyramid

The exercises may seem easy but the activities serve a purpose.

Rubber band string cup pyramid.

This post also includes a discussion of actionable norms and complex instruction. You could ask a team to build a pyramid with the cups so they know what the finished product should look like. The objective is to work as a team to open and close the rubber bands and move the cups into a pyramid position. Tell students that they will work in groups to construct a pyramid out of the plastic cups.

Explain the goal of the activity is to make a tool with the strings and the rubber band to stack the cups into a pyramid shape. Have the students all pull on the strings to demonstrate how the rubber band will open. Each piece of string should be approximately 2 feet 1 2 meter in length. Move the cups by using the grappler tool into a six pyramid shape figure 2.

Instead of just asking students to build a pyramid they receive a series of challenges to work through. Have group members each choose 1 string to be in charge of if there is an extra a person will have to be in charge of 2. Explain that the object of the game is to use the cups to build a pyramid. The group pulls its string to open the rubber band large enough to fit around the plastic cups.

Stacking cups using a rubber band pieces of string and a group of teammates to practice working collaboratively and communicating productively in a team. Place the cups in three stacks figure 1. At each table put a rubber band and 6 plastic cups and one piece of string for each team member. Instruct the group members to grab the cups with the open rubber band and stack the cups into a pyramid.

After the pyramid is complete teams raise their hands in the air and give a shout. Work together as a team to build a pyramid of plastic cups without using your hands or any other part of the body to move the cups. 1 rubber band a 2 to 3 foot piece of string for each team member 10 plastic cups. You increase hand eye coordination when cup stacking and take.