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Hide a pre-built sculpture behind a board or under a towel. Divide into teams of 3-4. Give each team member a number from 1 to 4.
Tell the teams that when you say GO, team member no. 1 can rush to look at the sculpture for a little while. Then the team member has to run back to the team and explain how to build the sculpture. The team member cannot build while he/she is explaining how to build the sculpture.
After a short while, you call team member no. 2, who rushes to take a look at the sculpture and runs back to further explain the model. Continue until each team member has had a turn. When finished let the teams discuss and compare the completed sculptures with one another.
Ask the teams to guess which sculpture is closest to the design of ‘the real one’. Proper argumentation should be used.