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23 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

40m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

40m

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

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Communication Pyramids at Work

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

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
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Dream Team

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

By VentureLab

6 - 12

45m

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
Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork
45m•Grades 6 - 12

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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
45m•Grades K - 2

Imaginative Play

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h

•

Grades 3 - 5

Imaginative Play

By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

1h

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
1h•Grades 3 - 5

Planet Mooz Diner

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h

•

Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

By VentureLab

K - 2

1h

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
Arts • Leadership and Teamwork
1h•Grades K - 2

Catapult (Team Building) Game

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Video

Catapult (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

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

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VIDEO

Catapult (Team Building) Game
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 12

Going for Gold

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Going for Gold

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

History and Society • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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
History and Society • Literacy
45m•Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

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
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 8

Relentless (Team Building) Game

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

20m

•

Grades 3 - 12

Video

Relentless (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

20m

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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VIDEO

Relentless (Team Building) Game
Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness
20m•Grades 3 - 12

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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
45m•Grades K - 2

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts • Health and Wellness

1h

•

All Grades

Creative Reuse Collection Box

By Rediscover Center

All Grades

1h

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
1h•All Grades

Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Follow the Leader

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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
45m•Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

Literacy • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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
Literacy • Leadership and Teamwork
45m•Grades K - 2

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

20m

•

All Grades

Video

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

All Grades

20m

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

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VIDEO

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
20m•All Grades

Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Wild Game Tournament

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Dribble and Dazzle

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h

•

Grades 3 - 8

Dribble and Dazzle

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1h

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

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Dribble and Dazzle
Arts • Leadership and Teamwork
1h•Grades 3 - 8

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

20m

•

Grades 3 - 12

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

By Young Entrepreneur Institute

3 - 12

20m

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
Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork
20m•Grades 3 - 12

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Video

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

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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VIDEO

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 12

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

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

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...
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 12

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m

•

Grades 3 - 12

Video

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

10m

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

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VIDEO

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
10m•Grades 3 - 12

More Tools Are Better Than One

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

More Tools Are Better Than One

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

•

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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VIDEO

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
15m•Grades 3 - 12

COLLECTION

Leadership and Team Building

23 Items

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

40m

Mizzen Education, Inc. ↗️

All Grades

40m

Overview

Communication Pyramids at Work

Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness

45m

•

Grades 9 - 12

Communication Pyramids at Work

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

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
45m•Grades 9 - 12

Dream Team

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

By VentureLab

6 - 12

45m

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
Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork
45m•Grades 6 - 12

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Obstacle Course (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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
45m•Grades K - 2

Imaginative Play

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

1h

•

Grades 3 - 5

Imaginative Play

By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education

3 - 5

1h

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
1h•Grades 3 - 5

Planet Mooz Diner

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h

•

Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

By VentureLab

K - 2

1h

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
Arts • Leadership and Teamwork
1h•Grades K - 2

Catapult (Team Building) Game

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Video

Catapult (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

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

Discover Activity

VIDEO

Catapult (Team Building) Game
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 12

Going for Gold

Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Going for Gold

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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!"

Discover Activity

Going for Gold
Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

History and Society • Literacy

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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.

Discover Activity

Acrostic Poem Campaign Poster
History and Society • Literacy
45m•Grades 3 - 5

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

STEM • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

Grades 6 - 8

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication

By OregonASK

6 - 8

30m

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

Discover Activity

S.INQ Up Careers Creative Communication
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 8

Relentless (Team Building) Game

Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness

20m

•

Grades 3 - 12

Video

Relentless (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

20m

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

Discover Activity

VIDEO

Relentless (Team Building) Game
Arts • Social and Emotional Awareness
20m•Grades 3 - 12

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

Social and Emotional Awareness • Literacy

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Get to Know You Bingo (Grades K-2)

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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
45m•Grades K - 2

Creative Reuse Collection Box

Arts • Health and Wellness

1h

•

All Grades

Creative Reuse Collection Box

By Rediscover Center

All Grades

1h

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!

Discover Activity

Creative Reuse Collection Box
Arts • Health and Wellness
1h•All Grades

Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Follow the Leader

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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.

Discover Activity

Follow the Leader
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

Literacy • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades K - 2

Action Packed ABC

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

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.

Discover Activity

Action Packed ABC
Literacy • Leadership and Teamwork
45m•Grades K - 2

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

20m

•

All Grades

Video

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

All Grades

20m

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

Discover Activity

VIDEO

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
20m•All Grades

Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

Wild Game Tournament

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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!

Discover Activity

Wild Game Tournament
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Dribble and Dazzle

Arts • Leadership and Teamwork

1h

•

Grades 3 - 8

Dribble and Dazzle

By Jazz at Lincoln Center

3 - 8

1h

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

Discover Activity

Dribble and Dazzle
Arts • Leadership and Teamwork
1h•Grades 3 - 8

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork

20m

•

Grades 3 - 12

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

By Young Entrepreneur Institute

3 - 12

20m

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.

Discover Activity

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch
Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork
20m•Grades 3 - 12

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

Grades 6 - 12

Video

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

6 - 12

30m

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

Discover Activity

VIDEO

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 12

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

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

30m

•

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.

Discover Activity

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
30m•Grades 6 - 12

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

10m

•

Grades 3 - 12

Video

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

By !Mpact Players

3 - 12

10m

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

Discover Activity

VIDEO

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
10m•Grades 3 - 12

More Tools Are Better Than One

Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork

45m

•

Grades 3 - 5

More Tools Are Better Than One

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

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.

Discover Activity

More Tools Are Better Than One
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
45m•Grades 3 - 5

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness

15m

•

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!

Discover Activity

VIDEO

Kneedy People (Team Building) Game
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
15m•Grades 3 - 12

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Community

Our StoryTeam MizzenEventsThe Mizzen Minute

Engage

NewsroomContact Us

Account

Sign InCreate an AccountMizzen for TeamsPrivacy PolicyTerms of Use

Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.