In groups of three, students will use a bag of limited materials to engineer a contraption that protects a raw egg, then test their designs by dropping them from a second-floor window to see whose egg survives intact.

Teams will race to agree on a word that fits a given category, assign each member a letter tile, and physically line up to spell it out — competing against other teams for speed and word length.

In small groups, students use a limited set of materials to design and build a shelter that can protect a small doll from an incoming "meteor storm," then test their shelter's durability by having tennis balls thrown at it.

Working in pairs, students will use verbal communication to recreate a marshmallow-and-toothpick model — one partner is blindfolded and can only touch, while the other can see but cannot use their hands.

Children build social, creative-thinking, and problem-solving skills as they work in small groups to create open-ended constructions using a variety of materials — without relying on tape or glue.

Students will reflect on ethical responsibility through learning about pets and performing in a puppet show activity.

Through investigating a pineapple, students will engage in sensory exploration, problem solving, creative thinking, language development, and beginning science concepts.

Children will develop problem-solving skills by moving through an interesting obstacle course.

In small groups, students choose a real-life challenging scenario (e.g., a friend using drugs, a parent's divorce) and create a five-section poster mapping out the fears, opportunities, possible actions, and consequences — then do a gallery walk to add to each other's posters before presenting to the class.

Students will discuss the poem Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield, learn about her courageous actions, and identify a current issue of injustice in their community or world that they would like to help change.

Students will use abstract thinking to compare themselves to everyday objects by choosing between two options (e.g., "hammer or nail?") and explaining their reasoning to a partner. Through this pair-share activity, students will practice self-reflection and get to know their classmates better.

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Students each receive one color and must collaborate to create a single picture together, using only their assigned color with no trading allowed, then reflect on what they learned about teamwork.

To develop short skits about the community values, and for participants to produce their own theater festival.

In small groups, students race to list as many possible uses as they can think of for an everyday object (like a paper clip or feather) in 3–5 minutes, with no idea too silly to write down, then share their lists aloud and compete for the most unique uses across two or three rounds.

Teams race to fill in a free-time activity for every letter of the alphabet, then share their lists with the group, vote on their top 3–5 favorites, and make a plan for when to actually do them.

Students explore nature and build problem-solving skills by sorting natural objects in multiple ways and using them in a creative art project.

Students engage in a fun, space-limited team challenge that builds problem-solving skills and cooperative communication.

In this interactive drama-based lesson, students act out and resolve realistic conflicts to practice problem solving, teamwork, and honoring group agreements.

Students explore the difference between charity and justice by identifying root causes of societal problems and proposing systemic solutions to address them.

Students learn to identify and state problems without blame using the first step of the Second Step Problem-Solving model, setting the foundation for respectful, solution-focused conflict resolution.