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Tube Switch

11/23/2014

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I had the opportunity to try out a new idea (the group named Tube Switch) for the first time with a group of elementary students and adult volunteers. (I would say, Tube Switch is a variation of the team building activity Key Punch and the family favorite Concentration.) There were five students and five adult - so, eventually we played the world record round with ten participants (Standing World Record for 10 players: 3.08 minutes).

Prep: For this first attempt I created a set of number cards from 1 to 12 - you see in the picture I put each number in a circle about the size of the paper tubes (toilet paper rolls) I was using. Using different colored cards turned out to be useful to the group when they were solving the challenge. I also numbered twelve tubes with nice big numbers. 

Set Up: I used a basketball jump circle for the playing area (12 feet in diameter) to set up the cards and tubes. The numbered tubes went on cards of a different number (e.g., the number 11 tube went on the number 3 card). I placed each tube right over the number on the number card making the number on the card undetectable. 

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Challenge: This timed challenge required players to pair up each numbered tube with it's numbered card. 

Guidelines of Play (at this time): 
  • Only two players can enter the circle at any one time (as soon as the first person steps into the circled area the time starts).
  • Number cards must stay in the position they were set down into. 
  • Each player can only pick up (and set down) one tube before they must exit the circle. 
  • Tubes must be set down over the top of the circled number on the card (the number on the card cannot be visible when the tube is on the card). 
  • When all tubes are matched with their numbered cards the time stops. This must be verified by one of the players inside the circle - thinking ahead this verification process can look or sound differently depending on how the group decides to do this.

Considerations: Here are a few things I'm going to try with Tube Switch in the future. 
  • More players more cards/tubes. 
  • I can make a bigger set with these big noodle tubes that I purchased - the hole diameter is about 4 inches. I'll cut the noodles up into 6 or 8 inch lengths. 
  • I could use paper towel rolls - players will have to lean right over the tube to see the number on the card. 
  • I discovered that turning the tube numbers in different directions (initially) give people on the outside of the circle opportunities to help each other. 
  • If I use note cards that are all the same color this will take away some help when problem solving - during this first run players were saying, "The four is on the green card." 
  • Using a bigger circle there will be more movement - fitness related. 
  • What if more than two players could be in the circle at once? 
  • What if one of the players going in with a partner is unsighted? 


Let me know how this plays for you!! Leave your info in the comments below. 

All the best, 

Chris Cavert
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