Team Skills Challenges
Outdoor Adventurous Activities
•Year 3
•8 Lessons
This unit develops essential teamwork and problem-solving skills through progressively challenging Outdoor and Adventurous Activities. Students explore how effective communication, trust, and collective thinking lead to better outcomes than individual effort alone. The unit culminates in practical navigation skills, where students apply their developed teamwork capabilities to real-world map reading and orienteering challenges.
Lessons in This Unit
8 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
What makes a team stronger - individual brilliance or working together?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop cooperation and teamwork skills through collaborative challenges
- • To communicate effectively in a group and listen to others' ideas
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we communicate effectively to solve challenges together?
Key Objectives:
- • To work effectively with a partner
- • To develop communication skills through physical challenges
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we work together effectively to solve challenges when we can't always see or hear everything?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop trust and team work through cooperative challenges
- • To follow and give clear, descriptive instructions to teammates
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we work together as a team to solve challenging problems?
Key Objectives:
- • To work effectively in small groups
- • To develop planning and problem solving skills
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we work together as a team to overcome challenges when everyone has different abilities?
Key Objectives:
- • To work positively towards a team goal
- • To involve all team members in an activity
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we build trust and work together to solve challenges?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop trust and accept support from teammates
- • To listen carefully to others and follow precise instructions
Lesson 7
Big Question:
How can maps help us navigate and communicate with others about where things are located?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop map reading skills and understand basic map symbols
- • To identify objects on a map using a key
Lesson 8
Big Question:
How can we use maps and compass points to navigate accurately and work as a team?
Key Objectives:
- • To be able to navigate around a grid using compass directions
- • To draw a route using directional language and symbols