PYRAMID

This activity is suitable for Years 3 - 13.

PEW staff will facilitate.

Aim: The aim of this activity is to challenge the pupil’s problem-solving skills and improve their team working and communication.

This activity will develop:

• Team building skills
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Awareness of employability skills
• Health and safety awareness

Background:

• A 2 – 3-hour session held in the Hall or Gym – ceiling must be over 4m high
• Pupils work together usually in form class (maximum no. 30).
• PEW Staff are responsible for delivering the event.

The Activity:

• Designed to help students first of all work alone and solve problems then learn it’s often easier to solve a problem by working as part of a team, the activity is about teamwork, problem solving and adherence to health and safety issues.
• Students will participate in some maths, technology and science because of the elements of materials and their uses.
• Students will be taught how to make their first tetrahedron
• Students are then asked to work in pairs, then in groups to gradually build the 3- dimensional construction
• When the construction is completed, the students are asked to test their work by raising the tetrahedron to the ceiling, do a full rotation then flip it over
• Photographs are often taken (by the school) at this point with the students standing in their structure.
• Students then work together as a team to safely dismantle the structure.

Volunteers will be involved in assisting with the build of the Pyramid. Normally there will be 2 builds so each build is competing against the other one to make the building secure and strong enough so that the construction can be revolved at the end.

End structure will be 4 metres tall 

Skills

• communication skills
• helping in group work
• interest in working with children
• team player