Leadership and Teamwork

217 Activities

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

3-Line Soccer

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

3-Line Soccer

Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

1 Hour

Get ready for a whirlwind of excitement! Imagine three rows of eager participants lined up behind a colorful array of cones. Teams of three unite for a lightning-paced game of mini soccer. But here’s the kick: as they move the ball with their feet, they’ll also evaluate the game with their minds, ensuring that every moment is not just thrilling but also a valuable learning experience. Using the Our World Day of Play—Game Criteria Checklist, youth will determine just how fun soccer really is.

This is activity 8 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Hot Potato (Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Hot Potato (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this activity, students build collaborative speaking and listening skills by asking and answering questions while passing a “hot potato” object as quickly as possible.

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S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

OregonASK

6 - 8

30 Minutes

Students explore the communication skills needed to design and engineer as they build from verbal instructions. This fun, hands-on activity gets everyone engaged!

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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 7: The Trade Deadline

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 7: The Trade Deadline

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour 30 Minutes

In professional baseball, the Trade Deadline is a pivotal moment for teams to make final trades before the playoffs. For students, this lesson marks their first opportunity to trade players, encouraging them to evaluate their roster, analyze performance data, and strengthen their team for the postseason.
In this lesson, educators act as commissioners, overseeing all trades to ensure fairness. The lesson also features a bonus activity on Compromise, where students develop negotiation and collaboration skills to navigate the trade process effectively.

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One-Way Paper Talk

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

One-Way Paper Talk

After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

5 Minutes

This short activity illustrates the importance of two-way communication in collaborative work and relationships.

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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour 30 Minutes

In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of baseball to build their batting lineup. This lesson encourages students to pay attention to player statistics before deciding the best lineup. Once their lineups have been set, it’s time for students to play their first MLB Players STEM League game! A bonus activity on Integrity is also included, encouraging students to reflect on the importance of honesty and fairness in sports and beyond.

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Functional Fitness Week 10: Day 3

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

Functional Fitness Week 10: Day 3

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

Finish week 10 with the skill of the week: Donkey Kicks. In this culminating activity, students continue sharpening their agility and endurance with donkey kicks and game of Fishy, Fishy, Cross My Ocean. Then, they revisit discourse about healthy eating and nutrition.

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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Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Compete to be the best engineer by building a free floating, weight bearing platform with everyday classroom supplies!

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Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Communicating at Work

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Large companies are organized so that staff can communicate with one another and make decisions effectively. In this activity, students model the staff of a large company and learn how to communicate within an established structure.

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Reviving a Brand

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Reviving a Brand

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students often purchase clothing, athletic gear, and other products based on the company that sells them, or on the brand name. While many companies and brands have retained their popularity for many years, others lose customers and may fail over time. In this activity, students work in small groups to plan their own branded product and explore the reasons why customers select a brand and then perhaps lose interest in the brand over time.

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Escape Room (Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Escape Room (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Teams work together to solve clues and puzzles to escape from a room. This activity builds collaboration, creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

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Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, We The People

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

50 Minutes

In this culminating project and exploration of lesser-known Black American contributions, students will use their completed Innovator Trading Cards to determine the most suitable type of community helper for various scenarios.

This is the second of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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3-Line Soccer

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

3-Line Soccer

Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

1 Hour

This is activity 8 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Hot Potato (Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Hot Potato (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this activity, students build collaborative speaking and listening skills by asking and answering questions while passing a “hot potato” object as quickly as possible.

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S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

OregonASK

6 - 8

30 Minutes

Students explore the communication skills needed to design and engineer as they build from verbal instructions. This fun, hands-on activity gets everyone engaged!

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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 7: The Trade Deadline

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 7: The Trade Deadline

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour 30 Minutes

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One-Way Paper Talk

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

One-Way Paper Talk

After-School All-Stars

6 - 8

5 Minutes

This short activity illustrates the importance of two-way communication in collaborative work and relationships.

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MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

MLB Players STEM League Lesson 4: Building Your Lineup

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour 30 Minutes

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Functional Fitness Week 10: Day 3

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

Functional Fitness Week 10: Day 3

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

40 Minutes

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Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Floating STEM Platforms (Team Building) Game

!Mpact Players

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Compete to be the best engineer by building a free floating, weight bearing platform with everyday classroom supplies!

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Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Communicating at Work

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Reviving a Brand

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Reviving a Brand

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Escape Room (Grades 6-8)

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

Escape Room (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Teams work together to solve clues and puzzles to escape from a room. This activity builds collaboration, creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

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Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, We The People

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

50 Minutes

This is the second of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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Back to School: Community Building Activities

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

10 Activities

Back to School: Community Building Activities

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

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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Leadership and Team Building

Leadership and Teamwork

23 Activities

Leadership and Team Building

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

14 Hours 55 Minutes

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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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts in Action, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Stories and Perspectives, We The People

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

9 Hours 10 Minutes

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 (6-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, We The People, Stories and Perspectives

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

9 Hours 10 Minutes

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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Pitch Challenge Tools

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

4 Activities

Pitch Challenge Tools

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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Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Stories and Perspectives, We The People

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

2 Hours

This collection invites learners to analyze the work of lesser-known Black American innovators and transform their learning into a collaborative, challenge-based experience. Students design Innovator Trading Cards by closely reading informational texts, identifying historical context, and synthesizing each innovator’s contribution using evidence and symbolism. In the final game, learners apply teams of innovators to complex community scenarios, justifying their choices with text-based reasoning and historical insight. Together, the card design and gameplay encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary connections, and a deeper understanding of how innovation, leadership, and culture shape society.

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Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Leadership and Teamwork, Stories and Perspectives, Whole Body, Whole Self

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

1 Hour 50 Minutes

In this collection, learners explore the stories of lesser-known Black American innovators by creating their own Innovator Trading Cards. Using short texts and close reading strategies, students identify key details about how each innovator helped their community and represent that learning through words, symbols, and color. As the weeks progress, learners build a growing card collection connected by shared themes. In the final game, students use their cards to respond to community challenge scenarios, practicing teamwork, reasoning, and explaining how different kinds of innovation work together to solve problems.

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Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 9-12

Whole Body, Whole Self, Leadership and Teamwork

12 Activities

Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 9-12

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

8 Hours

Finish strong with Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness third and final Collection. Covering Weeks 9-12, this Collection brings together skills learned throughout the program, and celebrates the accomplishments of participants.

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Foster Health and Wellness with Richmond Brown, Jr.

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

12 Activities

Foster Health and Wellness with Richmond Brown, Jr.

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

Belonging. New friends. Fresh foods. Joy. Embracing a whole-child perspective, this playlist celebrates the many everyday ways we can nourish youth health and wellness. Dive into this collection and you’ll find blood-pumping relay races, team-building balloon tosses, and creativity-boosting game design. Plus this playlist is brimming with learning resources you can use to introduce youth to yoga, mindfulness meditation, and the health benefits of seasonal fruits and vegetables!

“Physical activity, creative expression, and social interaction are all essential for well-rounded development that goes beyond the classroom. Whether it’s through sports, outdoor adventures, or introductions to wellness, youth learn the value of taking care of their body and mind. And that’s a cornerstone of their success and happiness.” — Richmond Brown, Jr.

Richmond Brown, Jr. is a native of Charleston, SC who recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA continuing 15 years of dedication and service in leadership in the out-of-school time field. As the Associate Director of Programs with Woodcraft Rangers, he oversees expanded learning partnerships and 21st CCLC programs throughout the Los Angeles area.

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Back to School: Community Building Activities

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

10 Activities

Back to School: Community Building Activities

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

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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Leadership and Team Building

Leadership and Teamwork

23 Activities

Leadership and Team Building

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

14 Hours 55 Minutes

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts in Action, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Stories and Perspectives, We The People

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

9 Hours 10 Minutes

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 (6-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, We The People, Stories and Perspectives

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

9 Hours 10 Minutes

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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Pitch Challenge Tools

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

4 Activities

Pitch Challenge Tools

Young Entrepreneur Institute

3 - 12

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Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Stories and Perspectives, We The People

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

2 Hours

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Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Leadership and Teamwork, Stories and Perspectives, Whole Body, Whole Self

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

1 Hour 50 Minutes

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Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 9-12

Whole Body, Whole Self, Leadership and Teamwork

12 Activities

Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 9-12

Active Kids and Minds

K - 8

8 Hours

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Foster Health and Wellness with Richmond Brown, Jr.

Leadership and Teamwork, Whole Body, Whole Self

12 Activities

Foster Health and Wellness with Richmond Brown, Jr.

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

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