3 Foot, 6 Foot, 9 Foot is an excellent activity for demonstrating how an individual's actions can affect everyone in the group. In this activity, your group secretly chooses people to remain 3 feet, 6 feet and 9 feet from them at all times. Watch what happens when everyone in the group tries to keep their distances simultaneously. When one person moves, everyone in the group must adjust. 3 Foot, 6 Foot, 9 Foot stimulates great conversation and an awareness of how the challenges presented in this game unfold everyday.

In the following course you will learn how to properly set-up and facilitate the activity and then if you wish, move students through an academic and/or social skills development reflection experience.

*This activity has been adapted from the Team Building & Group Development CD-ROM of The Inspire! Youth Series from LearningChange, LLC.

Ages
This activity is appropriate for students in the 4th grade and up.

Group Size
A group of any size can participate in this activity.

Setting
This activity can be done in any setting.

Duration
This activity should take about 15-30 minutes to complete with your group. Budget more time if you wish to go into depth by using any of the extension activities or questions.

General

In this activity, some of the things you will inevitably notice include:

• Students will be active and engaged in the learning process and have a physical experience with the concepts of "connection" and "influence."
  
• Students will have the opportunity to think about how they affect the groups they are in, and make better choices as a result.
  
• Students will work together and have a shared experience to reflect back upon.
  

Academic Standards & Asset Development

For specific academic and social development lessons for this activity, see the Academic Extensions and Social Extensions sections in this module.

This course will walk you step-by-step through the process of setting up and leading this activity, as well as facilitating the conversations and lessons after the experience.

Begin here and move from section to section, and be sure to download and print the activity's PDF Quick Reference Guide and any handouts as you prepare for your event.

Budget about 5-10 minutes to walk through all sections and view all video and written instruction for this course.