Teamwork+and+Collaboration

Projects which involve teamwork must always consider team size for the task. However, we also need to look at how these teams are formed. Many teachers believe it only fair to let student choose their own teams. It may help prevent conflict in your classroom but it isn't doing your students any favours. To truly understand team dynamics, students must have an opportunity to work in an environment of diversity. They must learn to work out conflicts and deal with different and sometimes difficult personalities. I'm not saying you should always randomly choose your teams - especially when a lot of marks are at stake. However, you need to find ways to evaluate each individuals contribution to a team.

Geocaching for Social Studies Students
There are currently 4 geocaches within 2 kms of Fleetwood Park Secondary. You can sign up for a geocaching account and create many more in the neighborhood or right inside the school if you wish. You can create a geocache as a scavenger hunt or just an exercise in student's use of a GPS, compass, coordinates, and of course teamwork. How do we supply all our students with GPS's? We don't. Many cell phones have GPS applications on them. You can find out how many students have phones that will work and break them into teams on that basis.

[|List of geocaches in the Fleetwood area]

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