Leadership and Team Building

23 Activities

Overview

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.

Communication Pyramids at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Communication Pyramids at Work

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the role of communication in hierarchical businesses. They begin by playing a game of telephone to explore the challenges of communicating in large groups of people. They then learn how hierarchies are used to streamline communication within businesses. Finally, students split into teams to communicate within a simulated business hierarchy.

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Communication Pyramids at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Students create their ultimate entrepreneurial "dream team" poster. Students first create an image of themselves as an entrepreneur (as creatively as they like), highlighting their entrepreneurial strengths, and then they will add team members to their poster (real or fictional), highlighting the mindsets and skills they will bring to the team to make up the ultimate entrepreneurial dream team - ready to take on any challenge!

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Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 2

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

Young children enjoy physical activity, and they appreciate humorous or lighthearted situations. In this activity, the children compete in a 2-person relay race across an obstacle course. They will practice a variety of motor skills involving speed, dexterity, and stamina.

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Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 2

Imaginative Play

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Imaginative Play

3 - 5

1 Hour

Release the creativity! In this exhilarating adventure, youth harness the power of fun to create an imaginative role-play where youth explore both fictional and real roles, characters and personas. This lesson takes playing family to a whole new level.

This is activity 7 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Imaginative Play

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

K - 2

1 Hour

Students create a name and menu for a diner on a strange, newly discovered planet called Mooz. Watch out, though! Moozians eat very different things than we do on planet Earth, so students will need to use their creativity to put together a stellar menu. After creating the menu, students will create play food and try each other's "food" out as customers at their diners. This engaging activity allows students to explore their creativity in a meaningful way, as they get a chance to create new menu items, invent a diner name, and showcase their work to their peers while role-playing.

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Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

Catapult (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 12

Catapult (Team Building) Game

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Build the ultimate catapult and compete as your team launches coins across the room!

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Catapult (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 12

Going for Gold

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades 3 - 5

Going for Gold

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students create their own Olympic games. Each group will become their own country and create or choose an event. Then everyone "goes for the gold!"

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Going for Gold

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Youth create a poster to use during a simulated classroom election. They create an acrostic poem using their name to explain what makes them a good leader. Students share their posters and vote in a classroom election.

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Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

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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S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

Relentless (Team Building) Game

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Relentless (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

20 Minutes

You only have seconds to design, destroy, and rebuild clay art as you swap seats working on a variety clay sculptures!

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Relentless (Team Building) Game

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this activity, children play a bingo game to get to know one another. They practice skills in drawing, communication, and relationship-building.

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Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 12

Creative Reuse Collection Box

K - 12

1 Hour

In this activity, students will create a collection box for recyclable home goods and materials. This is a group project and will require the participation of all students to collect from their homes to donate. This fun building and decorating activity will encourage everyone to be mindful of their waste!

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Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 12

Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 2

Follow the Leader

K - 2

45 Minutes

Follow the Leader is a classic activity that many generations of children have enjoyed. In this activity, children take turns acting as leaders and followers. Children practice motor skills and following directions.

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Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children read Curious George Learns the Alphabet and come up with movements to go with each page. Then, they invent their own movements for the letters of thalphabet.

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Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 12

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

K - 12

20 Minutes

To learn how to play "Ship to Shore," click the link below to watch an easy-to-learn tutorial video.

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Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 12

Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Wild Game Tournament

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students will be part of a team competing in a wild-game tournament. They will be playing a variety of games one-on-one, while working to collect wins for their team. In the end there will be a winning team, and 1 student will be the grand winner of the entire tournament!

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Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Dribble and Dazzle

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Dribble and Dazzle

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students use found objects, such as basketballs, to create fun, rhythmic performance pieces.

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Dribble and Dazzle

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 12

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

3 - 12

20 Minutes

In this activity, students practice presenting a provided pitch. The goals are to become more comfortable presenting to a group; start to establish a safe space by practicing constructive feedback with peers; develop or refine presentation skills such as pace, volume, tone, eye contact and confidence.

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Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 12

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 6 - 12

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Put on your detective's hat as you and your group decode a series of emoji puzzles and translate them into everyday sayings!

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Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 6 - 12

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

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 6 - 12

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

6 - 12

30 Minutes

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

Grades 6 - 12

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

10 Minutes

Each round is a new, tougher challenege as teams race to get their ball across the finsh line first!

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Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

More Tools Are Better Than One

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

More Tools Are Better Than One

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In life, there are many tasks that cannot be completed without the help of a team. In this activity, students will attempt to separate a mixture of things by themselves using only a single tool. They will come to find that when they all put their tools together and communicate, the work becomes much easier.

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More Tools Are Better Than One

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

15 Minutes

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

Grades 3 - 12

Leadership and Team Building

Grades K - 12

14 Hours 55 Minutes

Overview

Communication Pyramids at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Communication Pyramids at Work

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Communication Pyramids at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

6 - 12

45 Minutes

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Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 2

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 2

Imaginative Play

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Imaginative Play

3 - 5

1 Hour

This is activity 7 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.

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Imaginative Play

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

K - 2

1 Hour

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Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

Catapult (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 12

Catapult (Team Building) Game

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Build the ultimate catapult and compete as your team launches coins across the room!

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Catapult (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 12

Going for Gold

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades 3 - 5

Going for Gold

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students create their own Olympic games. Each group will become their own country and create or choose an event. Then everyone "goes for the gold!"

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Going for Gold

Leadership and Teamwork, Health and Wellness

Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

Literacy, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

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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S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

Leadership and Teamwork, STEM

Grades 6 - 8

Relentless (Team Building) Game

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Relentless (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

20 Minutes

You only have seconds to design, destroy, and rebuild clay art as you swap seats working on a variety clay sculptures!

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Relentless (Team Building) Game

Arts, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this activity, children play a bingo game to get to know one another. They practice skills in drawing, communication, and relationship-building.

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Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 12

Creative Reuse Collection Box

K - 12

1 Hour

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Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts, Health and Wellness

Grades K - 12

Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 2

Follow the Leader

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children read Curious George Learns the Alphabet and come up with movements to go with each page. Then, they invent their own movements for the letters of thalphabet.

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Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 12

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

K - 12

20 Minutes

To learn how to play "Ship to Shore," click the link below to watch an easy-to-learn tutorial video.

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Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades K - 12

Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Wild Game Tournament

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Dribble and Dazzle

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Dribble and Dazzle

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students use found objects, such as basketballs, to create fun, rhythmic performance pieces.

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Dribble and Dazzle

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades 3 - 8

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 12

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

3 - 12

20 Minutes

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Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 12

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 6 - 12

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Put on your detective's hat as you and your group decode a series of emoji puzzles and translate them into everyday sayings!

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Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 6 - 12

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

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 6 - 12

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

6 - 12

30 Minutes

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

Grades 6 - 12

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

10 Minutes

Each round is a new, tougher challenege as teams race to get their ball across the finsh line first!

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Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

More Tools Are Better Than One

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

More Tools Are Better Than One

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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More Tools Are Better Than One

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 5

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Social and Emotional Awareness

Grades 3 - 12

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

15 Minutes

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

Grades 3 - 12

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