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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Outdoor Action Leadership & Group Dynamics Workshop

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students practice tools of observation and action to become a more effective leaders and facilitators. They engage in group exercises, one-on-one, and journal writing. In addition, they create base groups that to experience group...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Facilitators Workshop

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students experience leading and facilitating in a group setting and to observe what roles they play in a group. They apply tools tools for observation and action to help them to be a more effective leaders and facilitators.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Internalizing Group Norms

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider how to internalize group norms. They descirbe a situation where people internalize group norms and a situation where people do not internalize group norms. They brainstorm examples of group norms and define...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changes in Groups

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners identify changes that can occur in groups and recognize whether change can be good or bad.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Importance of Groups

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss why groups are important and why humans go through daily life performing group activities.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Team Up!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the physical and psychological effect of stress and tension on human beings. They develop their observing, thinking, writing and teamwork skills by working on a group art project and reporting about it. They learn about...
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Handout
Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr: Ant Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
A study of social organization in ant populations and examines the need for a "leader" of an organization. The site is interactive and leads the user through the discovery of different roles within a colony. An extension is made to other...
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Website
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Collaborative Learning: Introduction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive site presents the concept of collaborative learning, which encourages active student participation in the learning process. There are five sections: Stories (from teachers describing how they implemented collaborative...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

National Institute for Science Education: Doing Cl

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do you start building collaborative learning structures into your coursework? Authors provide some practical considerations to make this learning style work for you.
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Handout
PBS

P.o.v.: The Japanese Concept of "Wa"

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger P.O.V. site about high-school-level baseball in Japan, this page delves into the meaning of "wa," a code of behavior that underscores the Japanese sense of group harmony, especially as it applies to the team sport of...
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Online Course
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Sociology: Social Structure and Interaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual learning unit on social structure and interaction includes four-part instruction on the way groups develop and leadership evolves. Students will find assignments and activities, as well as links to additional sources to...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Follow the Flock

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the lesser-studied topic of Flock Theory. The lesson is framed in the context of groups of birds, which follow a few simple rules. By using this algorithm,...
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Professional Doc
Other

Gdrc: Collaborative Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a thorough introduction to collaborative learning including terms and definitions, benefits of collaborative learning, strategies, tools, methods and making collaborative learning work.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Group Dynamics in a Graduate School Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer this five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Group Dynamics in a Graduate School Classroom."
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Website
Free Management Library

Authenticity Consulting: Team Building

For Students 9th - 10th
This site serves as an index page full of links that contain information about building effective teams. There are links to the basics of team building, being an effective team member, the effectiveness of teams, and additional...