Leadership Game: “Beengo!”

ELEMENTARY:

Key Leadership Understanding

Leaders seek to fulfill the goals set for the team. Leaders direct the team’s strategy.

Math/Science Concepts Applicable

Multiplication and division

Equipment/Logistics

Beengo card (five rows with five squares per row)

Marker pen

Pieces of papers with simple multiplication and division expressions

Time Required

20 minutes

Game Objective

Be the first group to have all three team players hit “Beengo!”

Group Size

Four to five

Procedure

There are four Beengo cards for the four players in a team. On each Beengo card, there are numbers ranging from 1 to 75. The numbers on each card for each of the four players are different.

The facilitator gives a multiplication and division equation. All the four players will try to solve the equation. The player with the answer circles the number on the Beengo card. When a player has answers forming a row either horizontally, vertically, diagonally or with four corners, he or she has got a “Beengo!”

The winning group is the group that manages to have all three of their players hit “Beengo!”

Process (Questions for group leader)

What did you have to do to ensure that everyone in your group completes the Beengo card as fast as possible?

Practical Application

What does this activity tell us about working in teams?

How are you setting your course for the team?

What are you doing to build team unity and confidence?