Class Presentations Part 2

On the second and last day of presentations we had three groups present. The first activity was an artsy activity called take a part art. We were given a small piece of paper with colored objects on them, what we had to do was to try and copy what was on the small piece of paper onto a regular piece of computer paper. After drawing the objects each paper was assigned a number and it had to be placed in order on the wall. By the time everyone finished with their art, all the pieces made a mural of hand prints with the word peace on the bottom. This was a fun activity because we were all curious what the big picture looked like and we tried out best to copy the pages exactly. This activity can be done with any population and the pictures are endless to what you can do.
The next activity was about teamwork. The name was toxic waste and what we had to do was move a Styrofoam cup full of jewel pieces and dump them into a Tupperware container. The only problem was the cup was wrapped with string and we had to carry the cups by the ends of the string and dump them into a small container. The jewel pieces symbolized troubles in our life and by dumping them in the container was like throwing them away. This was a fun activity because it was a race between two groups and even though my group started out slow, we came away with a victory. This activity would be good for youth at risk or people with addiction problems. The jewel pieces would symbolize their individual problems and maybe by throwing the jewels away they can throw their problems away too and start out fresh.
The last activity, my group members and I presented to the class what it would be like to use a wheelchair as a mode of transportation. The first activity we played was wheelchair soccer. I was able to rent out 6 wheelchairs and we presented in the multipurpose room of the rec center. For the soccer ball we used a big fitness ball. Everyone seemed to have fun playing this game and in some brought out their competitive side. Then we did a wheelchair relay race. Classmates were divided into 4 teams. The first member would have to wheel to the first station which was putting on a shirt and buttoning 3 buttons with their non dominant hand, then wheeling to open up a bottle of water with one hand, wheeling to tie their shoes with one hand, then wheeling to a ball they had to throw back to their teammates. Then they would wheel back and each teammate would run the cycle. Everyone had fun wheeling around in the chairs and I thought it was the best presentation of the day. Instead of making these activities innovative for someone with a physical disablility, we decided to make them innovative for our class to understand what it would be like using a wheelchair and the implications they may face. Overall this was an exciting class period and cant wait for the following weeks to come.