Benefits
- Passive
- Develops critical thinking
- Fosters creativity
- Multiple variations
Equipment
- Nil
INSTRUCTIONS
- Form small teams of 2 to 5 people.
- Challenge each team to solve an imaginary puzzle:
- Using a small rowboat, how can they transport a chicken, a fox and a bag of corn to the other side of the river in as few moves as possible.
- To govern fair-play, the solution must acknowledge three critical parameters:
- The rowboat can only carry one person and one item at any point in time.
- The fox and chicken cannot be left alone; and
- The chicken and the bag of corn cannot be left alone. - Describe the step-by-step solution to get all three items safely to the other side of the river.
- Allow ample time for discussion and trial-and-error.
- Next, try a variation (see below.)
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