Build-a-Tower

Game Plan: Build-a-Tower by Adila, Daniel and Megat
Duration: 50 – 60 minutes
Participants: Ideally 8 – 10 players in a group.
Facilitations:
a. At least one facilitator to facilitate every group.
b. One head facilitator in charged of the entire game’s process and timing.

Objectives:
By the end of this game;
a. Participants should be able to discuss matters and produce consensus even with physical limitations; of being muted, being blindfolded and being crippled by using any possible ways.
b. Introvert players shall have more chance to speak up and express ideas.
c. Extrovert players shall have more chance to listen up and receive ideas.
d. Participants should be able to build a tower through team collaborations.

Materials:
1. Paper cups
2. Used CDs
3. Cellophane tape
4. Masking tape for plaster
5. Cloth for blindfolding
6. Rope for tying hand

Prior Knowledge:
Students already know how to give simple instructions.

Rules of the Game:
1. The mutes cannot speak, of course. But can still communicate by using sign language.
2. All crippled and blindfolded players can communicate, discuss & give directions to each other.
3. Only the blindfolded players can touch the material, in short, build the bridge.
4. The whole group shall be penalized if any of the rules being violated.




How to Play: Notes
1. Participants are divided into groups with ideally, 8 to 10 players each. This game is a race of which they shall compete in building a tower the fastest. A facilitator is placed in every team to facilitate.2. Each student is labeled as the ‘architect’ (muted), ‘contractor’ (hand-tight) or ‘builder’ (blind-folded).3. After all the materials are given to players, head facilitator shall tell them what to do with the materials given. They shall start simultaneously discussing on how to build a tower.4. The towers are built according to the plan given to the ‘architects’. The architects are supposed to convey the design of the tower through sign language. 5. The ‘contractors’ (hand-tight players) are to interpret the sign-language instructions given by the ‘architects’ and transmit the information to the ‘builders’ verbally.6. Only the ‘builders’ (blindfolded players) can touch the materials to build the tower.7. Winning is determined by two groups that finish build-a-bridge facing each other in the shortest time, following every rule specified.
Total time: 50 – 60 minutes