Introduction

This task should teach students awareness of their surroundings and the people around them.

Target group and Time

This exercise works best with a larger group of students preferably 10 to 20. It can be done inside and outside in a preset area. It makes for a good warm up, taking 10 to 12 minutes.

Learning objectives

The students should become aware of their surroundings and other students while moving around trying not to bump into each other while expressing themselves physically. Ideally this is a way of teaching them about self-awareness and the way we have to look out for one another even while being mainly focused on our own thoughts.

Introduction to set up the activity

The teachers should tell the students to think about their favorite superhero or a superpower they want to have. After that, they should think about a pose and a way that superhero moves around. Now the teacher can ask the students to move through the room like their superhero would, trying to use all the space. When the teacher says "STOP", the students are asked to strike the pose of their superhero and try not to bump into each other. Before introducing the new step, let them try this a few times first. Then the teacher can add different speeds to the little exercise, where 10 is very fast and 1 is very slow. Now the instructor can ask the learners to move around in the speed he/she is calling out in addition to the tasks we had before. At the end they move in different speeds the way their superhero would. Other factors like calling out  the names of the heroes can be added as well, depending on how much time there is.