Team Building Workshop
ACS- Nov. 2, 2001
Nada AbiSamra
Game: The Benefits of Teamwork
The Moonwalk Scenario
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to rendezvous with the mother ship on the lighted surface of the moon.
Due to mechanical difficulties, however, your spaceship was forced to land
some 200 kilometers from the rendezvous point. During re-entry and landing,
most of your ship's on-board equipment was damaged. Your survival depends
on reaching the mother ship. You must chose the items most critical to
successfully reaching the mother ship 200 kilometers away.
There are only 15 items left intact and undamaged
after landing. Your task is to rank-order them according to their importance
in allowing your crew to reach the rendezvous point. Place the number 1
by the most important item, the number 2 by the second most important,
and so on through to number 15, the least important. |
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The worksheet with the list of items is on the following
page.
You may wish to copy off this page for group discussion.
Once you have completed columns A and B, refer to
the debriefing at the bottom of the worksheet to complete your scoring
and determine what it means.
DRAFT
RANK |
UNDAMAGED
ITEM |
(A)
MY RANK |
(B)
TEAM RANK |
(C)
NASA RANK |
(C-A)
MY SCORE |
(C-B)
TEAM SCORE |
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Box of matches |
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Food concentrate |
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20 meters
nylon rope |
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Parachute
silk |
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Portable
heating unit |
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Two .45 calibre
pistols |
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One case
skim milk powder |
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Two 50 kg
tanks oxygen |
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Stellar map
of the moon's constellation |
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Life raft |
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Magnetic
compass |
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20 Litres
water |
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Signal flares |
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First-aid
kit with injection needles |
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Solar-powered
FM
Receiver-Transmitter |
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| TOTAL SCORE |
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Once you have completed columns A and B, refer to
the debriefing to complete your scoring and determine what it means.
The Moonwalk Scenario
The Benefits of Teamwork
Use the NASA Moonwalk sheet included in this section
to complete column C of your worksheet. Then calculate your individual
score (Column C - Column B) and your team score (Column C - Column B).
Use only positive numbers. For example, if column C = 10, and column A
= 13, enter 3.
Almost inevitably, the team score will be better
(lower) than the individual score. On the odd occasion that this is not
so, it generally indicates poor group dynamics: the group did not function
well enough to recognize the knowledge of the individual who scored better
than the group.
NASA'S
Key to the Moonwalk
| UNDAMAGED
ITEM |
USEFULNESS |
NASA'S
RANK |
| Box
of matches |
Little
or no use on the moon |
15 |
| Food
concentrate |
Supplies
daily food requirement |
4 |
| 20
metres nylon rope |
Useful
tying injured together, helpful in climbing |
6 |
| Parachute
silk |
Shelter
against sun's rays |
8 |
| Portable
heating unit |
Useful
only if you landed on the dark side of the moon |
13 |
| Two
.45 calibre pistols |
Self-propulsion
devices could be made from them |
11 |
| One
case powdered skim milk |
Food,
mixed with water for drinking |
12 |
| Two
50 kg. oxygen tanks |
Needed
for breathing |
1 |
| Stellar
map of the moon's constellation |
Useful
to navigate way to the mother ship |
3 |
| Life
Rafts |
CO2
bottles for self-propulsion across chasms, etc. |
9 |
| Magnetic
Compass |
Probably
no magnetized poles, therefore it's useless |
14 |
| 20
litres water |
Replenishes
loss by sweating |
2 |
| Signal
flares |
Distress
call when line of sight possible |
10 |
| First
Aid Kit & injection needles |
Medicine
valuable |
7 |
| Solar-powered
FM receiver/transmitter |
Could
send distress messages to mother ship |
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