Lemonade Day Boston: Team and Tower Building Workshop
0:00 – 0:15 Welcome
- What is an Entrepreneur - Distribute acrostic sheet
o Have students read a different line from the acrostic and share a
thought/example
- Lead into Entrepreneurial Leadership
0:15 – 0:20 Introduce Activity and split room in half
- Introduce volunteers and leaders
- Introduce Lemonade Day & Volunteers
0:20 – 0:40 Marshmallow Tower Activity
- See below
0:40 – 0:55 Debrief
- Introduce differences and teams and have students share their tower and
experience. Debrief how the leadership developed.
0:55 – 1:00 Wrap Up
This activity has been adapted for Lemonade Day Boston
Acrostic poem is © Babson College created by Nicole Smith | Spring 2012
The Spaghetti Tower Challenge
‘Learning leadership and team work through action’
Purpose of the
challenge…
Each team will
need
The lemonade day spaghetti tower challenge has multiple outcomes in mind:
1. Students practice resourcefulness and creativity in building their stands
2. Students practice teamwork and leadership
3. Students have a fun experience that encourages them to tackle problem solving in a
fun way.
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About 20 spaghetti sticks
1 marshmallow
4 pieces of tape
Large paper or newspaper for floor or table space
Directions:
Set up stations on newspaper or table paper that have the marshmallow, spaghetti sticks and
tape available to students. Assign groups of 4-8 students to each station.
You can share the following instructions.
“At the station you will find spaghetti, a marshmallow, and tape. We are going to count to three, you’re going to
start to build something tall using only the materials at your station. If you break a spaghetti, you can still use it to
make your tower. The goal of this activity is for your team to build the tallest tower of all the groups (without it
falling over).
Recommended time to allot the students can be anywhere from 7 to 10 minutes.
Alternatives:
Build the “Best” tower: the ambiguity in this may be challenging to students but allows the instructor room
to further develop the student’s creativity.
This activity has been adapted for Lemonade Day Boston
Acrostic poem is © Babson College created by Nicole Smith | Spring 2012
I am Entrepreneurial! I….
Embrace the unknown
Negotiate for positive results
Take appropriate risk
Resist being territorial
Execute with quality
Play to win
Remove barriers
Embrace differences
Network
Embrace challenge
Use resources
Recognize needs and wants
Include my team
Add value
Listen
This activity has been adapted for Lemonade Day Boston
Acrostic poem is © Babson College created by Nicole Smith | Spring 2012