Group or team building is not only meant for corporate workplaces. It can also be equally crucial in classrooms for encouraging decision-making, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. However, that doesn’t mean that it will include awkward activities like a ‘trust fall’.

Engaging, relevant group activities for students can energize the atmosphere of your classroom and take learning to the next level. By completing group tasks, students learn to trust, support, and listen to others while developing crucial skills like collaboration and communication. 

Here are five awesome group activities for students that can prove helpful in the long run. 

 

• Swoop Swing

 

You can gather two friends and enjoy the Swoop Swing. It will be n experience of a lifetime. To enhance the thrill, let a harness secure your body instead of seating in a fixed structure.  

You will experience a free fall of 100 feet before diving towards the ground at a speed of 100 kmph. When the swing goes back up to the other side, the rate is not more than 1meter.

 

• Sky Cycling

 

In this activity, you need to ride a bicycle on a rope lying in the air at a height of 30 ft. This is a new activity, and adventure seekers will no doubt love them.  You can get a bird’s eye view of the scenery present around. You can experience and feel the thrill of this activity with your dear ones. The trained marshals will supervise and guide you during the event.

 

• Arrange for a team Olympics

 

You can think of relatively short activities that will cater to everyone’s interests and fitness levels. That depends on the scope, size, and most importantly, the importance of everyone in the group. You should also consider the setup time and availability of props if you think of activities like quiz challenges, problem-solving, mysterious scenarios, puzzles, sporting competitions, and building sandcastles.

 

• Scavenger hunts

 

This is not just for kids and students. Though these types of group activities for students require some preparations, it will encourage them to work together. They will learn to plan strategy, progress in communication, and divvying up tasks. You can divide the students into small teams, fix a time limit, and ask them to find out as many items as possible according to the list you have offered. To make it more challenging, you can provide some clues. 

 

• Paintball

 

You can strategize, conceptualize, and execute the best plans ever to control and capture your opponent’s flag. This activity feels as real as on the battlefield. In this activity, you need to compete as individuals or as a team to eliminate your rival by tagging them with paintball. You can shoot your friends, family, colleges, and even your BOSS. 

Types of games might vary depending on capturing the flag, attacking, or defending a particular subject area.

The activities mentioned above are mere samples of group activities for students. You will surely love each one of them. However, you can always try out something new and share it with everyone.