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Freeze Tag Exercise, quickness, strategy, fun Elbow Tag - Circle with a partner, connect elbows- constantly changing Bridge Tag - When tug, straddle legs, crawl under others to free them Butt-Head Tag- Butts try to tag Heads and vice-versa until all are one or the other Blob Tag - When tug you become part of the blob- only the ends can tag Tiger Tail Tag - Pinnies used to represent tail- only front of tiger can take the pinnie Three Ring Tag - Using the three basketball court circles the players must tag inside each circle before they get tagged by the person standing inside the circle and run to the opposite end of gym Battleship - When tug, person kneels down and becomes a mine who can tag anyone who runs by 6. Moon Ball Teamwork Class keeps ball up in air w/o dropping to the ground 7. Hula Hoop Pass Teamwork, communication, thinking skills Teams of 8 or more, form a line holding hands. pass hoop from one end to other 8. Partner Stand-up Team work, timing, strength Sitting, back to back, try to stand sitting, facing each other, soles to soles 9. Asteroids Quickness, strategy, fun, throwing skills Everyone with a soft ball on 3, everyone tosses their ball and then runs to retrieve their ball and throws it at anyone around them 10. Blind Ball Tag Trust, listening, communication, throwing skills Use blindfolds, partner has soft objects that blinded partner uses to throw at other blinded players 11. Team Jump Rope Teamwork, coordination See how many members of your team can continuously jump the rope together 12. Human Knot Problem solving, teamwork in a circle, extend your right hand to someone across from to their right hand. Do the same with left hand but cannot be with the same person. Do not let go - try to "unknot" 13. Pipeline Team work, eye-hand coordination, strategy Each team has a set of two foot gutters that they use to move marbles from starting line to end line. If the marble falls on the floor, the team must start over. 14. Calculator Teamwork, speed, communication Numbers on floor with rope around perimeter. All students must step one at a time and touch a number until all are touched then race across a finish line. 15. Chemical Spill Problem solving, teamwork Using only rope, try to pour hot stuff from one can into the other 16. Tug-O-War One team on either end of rope. One team tries Teamwork, strength to pull the other team to their side. 17. Blinded Nature Walk Trust, listening skills, communication Use blindfolds, follow the lead of your sighted partner 18. Partner Fall Back (Trust Fall) Trust Standing, one partner back turned, eyes closed, falls back 4" , 8" , 18" other partner catches 19. Blade of Grass Trust, teamwork Group of 5 or 6 circle around person in the middle, about 18" away. Person in center closes eyes, stiff body falls slightly forward as people on the circle pushes body around. 20. Trust Fall Trust, teamwork Minimum of 6 spotters to catch *COMMANDS* Faller who falls backwards from 4 6 height Faller- Ready to fall Catcher(s)- Ready to catch into their arms(platform, bleachers, mats) Falling Fall Away 21. Team Ski Walk Communication skills, teamwork Wooden skis moving from one following commands, listening skills point to another w/o falling off 22. Island Hop Problem solving, teamwork Use wooden plank to get group from one wooden island to another. Adventure Education - Low Ropes Course The following activities have been used on our outside course. Please know the names and objectives of each. ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES/Purpose 1. Horizontal Rock Climbing Wall To traverse the wall from rock to rock- upper body strength (with bridge) 2. Tire Traverse To get from the start to finish without touching the ground- upper and lower body strength 3. Hickory Jump Person on 6 platform dives forward into catchers arms- trust 4. Nitro Crossing To transport a group of students across an open area using a rope (hanging rope and hoop) to swing on- upper body strength 5. Whale Watch To have the group successfully get onto the platform without tipping to (wooden platform) either side- balance & teamwork 6. Mohawk Walk To get from one tree to the other tree on swinging log without touching (swinging Log) the ground- balance 7. Monkey Crawl To improve upper body strength and balance by horizontally traversing (suspended rope 5 from the ground rope 20 between two trees) 8. 3 Rope Traverse Use the hanging ropes to get from one to the other- difficult rope transfers 9. Partner Traverse Using your balance and a partners balance to get from one tree to the (two cables shaped into V) other using the ball and socket grip - fist/open hand)- teamwork 10. Fidget Ladder To improve balance skills and coordination by climbing from (swinging rope ladder) the lower section of the ladder across to the higher section 11. Electric Fence To get group up and over the fence without touching it - teamwork (bungy cord between trees) 12. Spider Web To move the entire group through the openings w/o touching web -teamwork 13. Triangular Traverse Three cables shaped in triangle, use only one rope to make around entire triangle- long, flexible cables 14. Hourglass Traverse To traverse from one tree to the the other and holding onto the ropes, pass partner in the center -teamwork 15. Porthole To pass all members of the group through a suspended tire to the other side- teamwork 16. Team Wall To get entire each person up and over the wall- teamwork 17. Open Fire Pit To make it from one side to the other- balance 18. Obstacle Course To start and finish by getting up, over, around, through, all obstacles - Agility Tire Run - strength, speed, balance, agility - Running Ramp - Up and Over Wooden Posts - A - Frame Wall - Bridge Run - Cargo Climbing Net (hardest obstacle) - Zig Zag Balance Walk 19. 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