Contribuido por Yael Ben-Zion

Descripción

This community-building physical activity helps your students develop collaboration, communication, and creative skills as they work together as a team to complete the task of building a household machine with only their bodies.

Direcciones

• Before starting this activity, prepare index cards with names of machines (e.g., coffee maker, TV, alarm clock, microwave, computer, etc.).
• Explain that the goal of the activity is to work as a group to create a machine by using only their bodies. Every student on the team must be included and students cannot use any additional materials or props.
• Divida a los estudiantes en grupos de tres a seis.
• Give groups time (about five minutes) to create their machines.
• Ask each group to share their machine with the whole class. 
• After a group has shared, have the other students raise their hands if they think they can identify the machine.
• The activity ends when every group has had a chance to share their machine.
• Reflexión: “What happened during the activity? How did your group work together? If your group were to do the activity again, what would you do differently? What collaboration skills did we use during this activity? How can we use these skills outside of the activity?”
• Extension: Students can create their own machines, real or imaginary.

Transición a la actividad

Ask students to brainstorm the machines they’ve used already today. Write their ideas on cards.

Transición fuera de actividad

Invite students to move back to their desks like one of the machines they saw their classmates create.

Arreglo del aula

Space for students to work in groups of three to six. Audience space to share group machines with the class (e.g., front of classroom).

Soportes / Materiales adaptables / Herramientas

• Provide cards or paper with the name and picture of each machine for each group. 
• Provide written small-group directions with the steps outlined.
• Use visual vocabulary (downloadable) supports: Forma, Energía, Espacio, Movement/Locomotion, Rhythm, Niveles.
• Los estudiantes también pueden participar aportando un efecto de sonido o ayudando directamente desde el exterior.
• La máquina del grupo se puede construir alrededor de cualquier estudiante que necesite permanecer sentado o inmóvil.

Posibles funciones de los profesionales de las aulas

• Participate in creating a machine.
• Increase participation of all group members by supporting the group brainstorm and suggesting modifications if necessary.
• Create a machine one-on-one with a student if necessary.

Adjustments for Remote Instructions

In breakout rooms, students can create a visual and/or written representation of their “machine” in a shared Slide. They can also create a series of gestures that represents the machine, then the whole group can share the sequence in unison.