Benefits

  • Passive
  • Develops critical thinking
  • Fosters creativity
  • Multiple variations

Equipment

  • Nil

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Form small teams of 2 to 5 people.
  2. Challenge each team to solve an imaginary puzzle:
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Describe the step-by-step solution to get all three items safely to the other side of the river.
  6. Allow ample time for discussion and trial-and-error.
  7. Next, try a variation (see below.)

 

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