Objectives:

1. To encourage students to work in teams to foster cooperation, communication, and the utilization of each team member’s strengths.
2. To enhance the students’ ability to manage time effectively by setting a strict 15-minute limit for the activity, teaching them the importance of prioritization and quick decision-making.
3. To challenge students to use their resources (paper, scissors, etc.) efficiently, ensuring that they produce the maximum number of boats within the time constraint.
4. To emphasize the need for each paper boat to meet the specified size criteria to ensure that students understand the importance of quality control and meeting customer requirements.
5. To encourage students to think creatively and employ innovative strategies to produce the most boats while maintaining the specified size.

Team:  2 teams consisting of four members

Course Outcome:

1. Students will develop the ability to work under strict time constraints, fostering effective time management and quick decision-making skills.
2. Students will learn to efficiently allocate available resources, such as paper and tools, to achieve the maximum output within the given time frame.
3. Students will understand the importance of maintaining quality standards by ensuring that each paper boat meets the specified size criteria.
4. Students will demonstrate creativity in optimizing their approach to achieve the task’s goals while working within constraints.
5. Students will enhance their teamwork and collaboration skills by working in groups to accomplish a common goal, leveraging the diverse strengths and abilities of team members.

Overview:

The “Paper Boat Challenge” is a fast-paced and engaging activity designed to develop critical skills while working under time constraints. In this 15-minute challenge, participants are tasked with creating as many paper boats as possible using only one sheet of paper while ensuring each boat meets a specific size criterion. This activity combines time management, creativity, resource optimization, and quality control, making it an enriching and multifaceted learning experience. Participants work individually in this task, allowing them to focus on their creativity and efficiency. There where certain rules that each participant has only 15 minutes to create as many paper boats as possible from a single sheet of paper each boat must meet the specified size requirement.

As the timer begins, participants dive into the challenge, employing a delicate balance between speed and precision to maximize the number of boats created within the time limit each participant ensures that every paper boat they create conforms to the specified size criterion. Failure to meet the size requirement disqualifies the boat while speed is vital, participants are encouraged to showcase their creativity in their boat designs, provided it doesn’t compromise the specified size standard. Participants are ranked based on the number of paper boats successfully created within the time limit that meet the size criterion. This session allows participants to discuss their strategies, the trade-offs between speed and creativity, and how the skills and insights gained can be applied to real-life scenarios, particularly in decision-making and resource optimization.