Leadership and Teamwork

218 Activities

Leadership and Teamwork

Move, compete, and work together through games and physical play. Learners build teamwork, coordination, and confidence while having fun. Activities range from creative movement to structured sports. All energy levels welcome!

Activities

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Continue building week 5 skill of the week: Push-ups. In this activity, students revisit their push-up abilities in a relay challenge and game of Tricky Twosome Tag. Then, they learn that proteins can come from animal or plant sources.

This activity is part of the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness 12-week program. If you are new to the program, visit the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 1-4 Collection before getting started.

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Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m•Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

In this activity, students test their strength, stamina, and speed in an Olympic adventure. Then, they put their nutritional knowledge to the test in a guessing game.

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Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m•Grades K - 8

A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

A Close Look at Mission Statements

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

A mission statement is a sentence or short paragraph that identifies the goals and purpose of a company, charity, religious group, or other institution or organization. In this activity, students analyze real-life examples of mission statements and then suggest a mission statement for their school or another organization of interest.

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A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m•Grades 9 - 12

Skip Counting Hip Hops

Leadership and Teamwork • STEM

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Grades K - 2

Skip Counting Hip Hops

By PowerUp Fitness

K - 2

PowerUp Skip Counting Hip Hops - increase knowledge of multiples through movement and math integration.

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Skip Counting Hip Hops

Leadership and Teamwork • STEM

5m•Grades K - 2

Soccer Skills and Drills

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

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Grades 3 - 5

Soccer Skills and Drills

By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module! This session kicks off with youth creating a "Funologist Energize Routine" to get everyone excited and ready to play each day. Youth then focus on mastering soccer skills through creative drills like Crab Soccer and Volcanoes. Each activity is designed to improve footwork and teamwork while having a blast.

This is activity 5 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Soccer Skills and Drills

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

1h•Grades 3 - 5

Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

Leadership and Teamwork • STEM

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Grades 3 - 5

Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

Youth explore their personal game preferences by examining patterns in their Play Preference Sheet. They'll reflect on the types of games they consistently enjoy or dislike and consider why. The activities involve observation and active play, allowing youth to analyze games based on universal fun criteria and their preferences. This reflective process helps them understand their tastes and hone their data analysis skills, making it a valuable and engaging activity for young learners.

This is activity 4 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Graduating from Junior Funologist Training

Leadership and Teamwork • STEM

1h•Grades 3 - 5

The New Olympic Games

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

The New Olympic Games

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

Students generate ideas for new Olympic events. They work in small groups to plan, demonstrate, and explain the events.

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The New Olympic Games

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 6: Shooting a Free Throw

Leadership and Teamwork • STEM

45m

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Grades 3 - 8

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 6: Shooting a Free Throw

By Learn Fresh

3 - 8

45m

In this activity, students explore free-throw percentage data and learn to take free throws using the coordinate plane. Then, students discuss when to “foul,” considering various scenarios and reasons for calling fouls.

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NBA Math Hoops Lesson 6: Shooting a Free Throw

Leadership and Teamwork • STEM

45m•Grades 3 - 8

My Goals List (Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

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Grades 6 - 8

My Goals List (Grades 6-8)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45m

In this activity, students generate a list of goals to accomplish for their upcoming time in high school. Their goals need not be serious or part of an overarching plan but instead should reflect desires, wishes, hopes, or expectations. By brainstorming a list, students can help to refine their goals, identify what they really want, and discover what is truly important to them.

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My Goals List (Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m•Grades 6 - 8

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m

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Grades 6 - 12

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

By After-School All-Stars

6 - 12

30m

Students recognize diverse skills and strengths, prompting the building of well-rounded and collaborative teams.

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Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

30m•Grades 6 - 12

Functional Fitness Week 3: Day 1

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m

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Grades K - 8

Functional Fitness Week 3: Day 1

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40m

Start week 3 by learning the skill of the week: Metrics. In this activity, students learn how to measure changes in their physical abilities by participating in 400 meter run for time. Then, they define vegetables as the parts of plants containing stems, leaves, flowers, and roots.

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Functional Fitness Week 3: Day 1

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

40m•Grades K - 8

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

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Grades 3 - 12

Video

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

15m

For this relay race, you will "kneed" to work closely with your team to successfully pass items for this "leg" of the race!

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Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m•Grades 3 - 12

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Summer Camp Connection Activities and Team Building Games

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

12 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Summer Camp Connection Activities and Team Building Games

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 8

Build connection from day one with activities that help young people feel included, confident, and ready to participate. These icebreakers and team-building games build relationships, strengthen collaboration, and create a strong group culture from day one.

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Summer Camp Connection Activities and Team Building Games

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 8

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Leadership and Team Building

Leadership and Teamwork

23 Items

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All Grades

Collection

Leadership and Team Building

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

All Grades

Great things happen when leadership and teamwork come together! This collection of engaging K-12 activities help youth awaken their inner leader while strengthening the skills that make collaboration meaningful. Through playful challenges, cooperative tasks, and reflective moments, learners build communication, problem-solving, and shared responsibility. Whether someone is stepping into leadership for the first time or refining their strengths, each experience encourages confidence, connection, and positive group dynamics.

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Leadership and Team Building

Leadership and Teamwork

All Grades

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Back to School: Community Building Activities

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

10 Items

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All Grades

Collection

Back to School: Community Building Activities

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

All Grades

Build community at the start of any program with this collection of activities that give children and youth fun ways to get to know each other!

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Back to School: Community Building Activities

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

All Grades

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

Literacy • History and Society • Leadership and Teamwork

13 Items

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Grades 6 - 12

Collection

American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, inquiry-driven playlist that invites learners to examine how storytelling, innovation, creativity, and leadership shape American history and civic life. Through complex texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities across literacy, STEM, the arts, and collaborative problem-solving, students engage with lesser-known Black Americans—whose contributions have influenced systems, culture, and community change. Each week introduces a thematic lens that builds historical analysis, critical reading, argumentation, and interdisciplinary thinking, culminating in a challenge-based game that requires evidence, reasoning, and collaboration. Designed to support meaningful discussion and application, this Collection highlights innovation as a collective process and underscores the power of amplifying voices that shape our shared history.

This collection is designed to have learners apply ideas from the weekly themes introduced through the Innovator Playing Cards with additional related activities; it is recommended to follow this sequence to maintain consistency:

Week 1: Storytelling and Voice

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

What Makes a Good Story?

One Minute Speeches

Erasure Poetry as Resistance

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Cell City

Catapult (Team Building) Game

Build an Extension Arm

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Create a Cardboard Self-Portrait

Improv: Say the Line

How to Look at Dance

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Playing Innovator Trading Cards

Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice

Dream Team

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

Literacy • History and Society • Leadership and Teamwork

Grades 6 - 12

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Pitch Challenge Tools

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

4 Items

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Grades 3 - 12

Collection

Pitch Challenge Tools

By Young Entrepreneur Institute

3 - 12

This series of pitch practice activities builds and reinforces presentation skills and provides a vehicle for establishing a safe space. The activities stand alone or can be used as a series, offering progressively more opportunity for critical thinking and skill development. These activities can also be used to help students prepare for a contest or presentation. Visit www.yepitch.org to learn about virtual contest opportunities and access a full pitch contest curriculum and toolkit.

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Pitch Challenge Tools

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

Grades 3 - 12

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

History and Society • Literacy • STEM • Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

13 Items

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Grades K - 2

Collection

American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, hands-on playlist that helps young learners explore how stories, creativity, problem-solving, and leadership shape communities and American history. Through engaging texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities in literacy, STEM, the arts, and teamwork, students discover lesser-known Black Americans whose voices and ideas have made a lasting impact. Each week introduces a new theme that strengthens early reading skills, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, while giving learners multiple opportunities to apply their understanding through play and exploration. Designed for easy facilitation and joyful learning, this playlist shows that innovation takes many forms—and that every voice matters.

For a consistent learning experience, it is recommended that this collection be completed in the sequence outlined below. This allows learners to apply the weekly themes from the Innovator Playing Cards through supplementary activities.

Week 1: Storytelling and Voice

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

New End to the Story

Round Robin Storytelling

Animal Interviews

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Balanced Mobile

Sound on a String

Mechanical Engineering Tops

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Masquerade Masks

Music and Rhythm (Grades k-2)

Creative Play Design Challenges

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

People Bingo

What is a Quality

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

History and Society • Literacy • STEM • Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

Grades K - 2

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2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees

Leadership and Teamwork

10 Items

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All Grades

Collection

2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

All Grades

This playlist is brought to you by the awardees of the 2020 National Summer Learning Association Awards. We are so excited to feature the winners of Excellence in Summer Learning, Founder's Award, and Climate Change Award! Congratulations ANYTOWN, Camp EDMO, CityParks Foundation Green Girls Empowered by ING, and Young Audiences of Maryland- Summer Arts & Learning Academy for these achievements and all you do for the community.

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2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees

Leadership and Teamwork

All Grades

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Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 5-8

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

15 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 5-8

By Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

Continue moving with Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness! This is the second of three Active Kids and Minds Collections. Covering Weeks 5-8, this set of activities continues with new skills of the week, strengthening fitness principles, and building nutritional knowledge.

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Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 5-8

Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork

Grades K - 8

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Amplify Youth Voice with SEL

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

15 Items

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All Grades

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Amplify Youth Voice with SEL

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

All Grades

Empower youth, amplify student voice, and make learning an adventure! The activities in this playlist are designed to spark creativity, foster teamwork, and encourage self-discovery, making learning an adventure that students look forward to each day. This playlist is packed with engaging activities in the arts, career exploration, and social and emotional learning — that foster self-awareness, creativity, connection, and belonging. Each lesson plan equips you to engage students to become more active participants in their own journey.

"The most memorable lessons often come from the journey, not the destination — enjoy the messiness of learning, it's here that the real magic happens." — Lauren B. González

This Playlist was curated by Lauren B. González, in collaboration with Mizzen Education. Lauren has more than 15 years in the educational field and is a doctoral candidate for Applied Learning Sciences at The University of Miami. A first-generation Latina and daughter of Cuban exiles, Lauren describes her approach to learning as "holistic, respectful of student cultures, and deeply rooted in resilience and empathy."

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Amplify Youth Voice with SEL

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

All Grades

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