Ricochet Learning Experiences Grid

Ricochet 1 / Ricochet 2 / Ricochet 3
Leadership Information
Introductions Using Ricochet Ball
Defining Leadership -Ants on a Log
Expectations & Ground Rules
Gyro Ring
Helium Stick / Introductions using Ricochet Ball
Phrase In a Bag
SNAP!
Team Labyrinth / Introductions using Ricochet Ball
Cyclone
Commonalities on the Clock
Board Room
Leading a Group Activity Instructions
Leadership Attitude
Review using Question cube
Galloping Hands
Zoo-sertive / Review w/ Question Cube
See Ya! Talent Search
Stump Jumping
Teamplay Tubes / Review w/Question Cube
Hog Call
Keypunch
Fire!
Communication
Mysterious Paper
Hidden Numbers
Interference
Communication Diarrhea / Review w/ Deck of Cards
A What?
Catching the Chicken
NoodleShelters / Review w/ Deck of Cards
Peek-a-who
Foggy Bridge Building
Ricochet Rap
Decision Making
Deck of Cards review
Shooting for Decisions
Siamese Feet
Warp Speed / Review w/ Talking Knot
Swat Tag
Trolleys / Name Game Review
Ricochet
Moving Toward Extinction
Hot Chocolate River
Stress Management
Group Juggle
Stress Trigger Bus Ride
Lycra Tube games
Relaxation exercises / Review w/ Soccer Ball
Dice racing
Fruit Salad
Four Corner Traverse / Hot Potato Review
World’s Largest Underwear
One More w/ tennis balls
Marble tubes
Ricochet 1 / Ricochet 2 / Ricochet 3
Leadership Information
Youth will…
  • Learn more about self
  • Engage in leadership opportunities as a group
  • Describe characteristics of good teams and good leaders, and compare and contrast these characteristics
  • Engage in group activities to develop leadership skills of communication, team building, and problem solving.
/ Youth will …
  • Get to know one another
  • Lay ground rules for future lessons
  • Re-examine the definition of leadership
  • Define transactional and transformational leadership
  • Explain the difference between doing a leadership task and being a leader
  • Identify the stages of a group
  • Examine the stage their group currently is in begin to recognize the benefits of understanding group development
/ Youth will …
  • Get to know one another
  • Lay ground rules for future lessons
  • Identify the first step in leading a group.
  • Learn how to give good directions.
  • Identify and explore the skills involved in leading a group.
  • Prepare to lead this group in an activity

Leadership Attitude
Youth will ….
  • Devise a way to cooperatively problem solve by means of an engaging activity
  • Debate the pros and cons of shared leadership
  • Develop a plan for dealing with the next person in a group who bugs them
  • Experience actively contributing to a group
/ Youth will …
  • Learn how to use groups and individuals as references/resources
  • Become aware of stereotypes
  • Build a sense of trust in the group
/ Youth will …
  • Share their vision of the community leadership project.
  • Explore techniques to share negative feedback successfully.
  • Experience how a leader helps a group develop an action plan.

Communication
Youth will …
  • Recognize good communication skills
  • Understand the importance of good communication skills
  • Examine communication barriers
  • Integrate use of good communication skills with peers
  • Evaluation their own communication skills used in experiential learning activities
/ Youth will …
  • Practice good listening skills
  • Practice being assertive
  • Prepare to talk with others who they don’t know well
/ Youth will …
  • Experience the power of calling people by their names
  • Develop strategies to communicate more effectively.
  • Design a creative way to communicate a selected message.

Decision Making
Youth will …
  • Identify what influences their decision making process
  • Share how their values affect their decision making
  • Relate decision making to leadership skills
/ Youth will …
  • Apply a decision making process to group decision making.
/ Youth will …
  • Evaluate the results of their decisions.
  • Expand their ability to develop alternative choices.
  • Practice using the entire decision making process.

Stress Management
Youth will …
  • Identify personal stress triggers
  • Distinguish symptoms of stress
  • Plan strategies to manage stress
/ Youth will …
  • Explore how to find balance between what they want to do and what they actually can do
  • Discover the value of planning and scheduling and discuss techniques for managing their time more effectively.
/ Youth will …
  • Determine ways to balance the stress in their lives.
  • Discern the difference between healthy and unhealthy stress.
  • Articulate the contribution competition plays in stress levels.