I need to come up with some sort of activity that I can teach or coach to someone in less than two minutes ... any ideas from the creative pixies?

what age group are you teaching? i have a few ideas of *L* Quickies (non sexual of course) but i need to know if it is age appropriate

Ummm... adults, it's a career training bit where I have to as an ice breaker type thing teach something in two minutes. Anything goes, so long as it's ummmm work appropriate.

Take 2 people from the group, give them each four quarters, show them "paper scissors rock" and get the rest to write down how many turns they think it'll take before one of them has lost their money.

I don't know what it proves or teaches, except it takes up time.

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Teach them some of the "tricks" to multiplication (like doing the nines on your fingers) or I have some songs for algebraic equations if you want them.
or
Teach them a magic trick.

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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
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Pass out a half dozen potatoes and a box of soda straws. Show them a sample with a straw stuck through a potato and ask them to do the same without doing anything to the potato first. Just poke it through.

The “trick”, is to hold a finger over the end of the straw as you *STAB* the straw in a straight line, with a full arm swing, into the target. The physics is simply the compressed gas (air) inside the straw causes the wall to become as ridged as steel pipe, with a razor thin edge. It’s very easy with today’s plastic straws and can even be done with the old wrapped paper ones.

The lesson is “What appears improbable is easy when you know how”.



If a couple pictures would help, I can take them when I get a few minutes.





NOTE:
(Poke straight!!! They’ll go through your hand too. )

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or give them a small flash light lightbulb, a batter and a piece of tinfoil and tell them to play MacGuyver and light the bulb...even MIT students forget and can't do it.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

paper airplanes/hats are fast and easy.
or the american sign alphabet

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some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

Then they should be taking a liberal arts course, and not going to MIT.

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Know anything about oragami <sp?>? Naaaaaa...me either, but you can give them a piece of paper (any size) and tell them to try and fold it in half more than 7 times (I think that's the limit). It can't be done! There must be a paper folding site out there to tell you why it can't be done...but I know it's mathematical. And, if you can't find a site to tell you why...you might stumble across a beginners oragami site in the search...lol!

Sorry...I tried!

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Are there any ladies thinking of being nude models? :lust:

Well ... it would take long to explain what I wanted.

ok, here is a quick and easy way to teach someone the mechanics of juggling with out them injuring themselves or others with heavy flying objects.

you know those really light scarves that old ladies wear to protect their hair from the wind? They are the super light weight kind and when you toss them up in the air, they slowly float down. I believe you can find these light scarves at wal-mart or target. these will allow those that are slower reflexed to be able to alternate toss and grab.

start off with one hand throwing one scarf in the air and having a scarf in the same hand and as the 1st one is falling throw the 2nd in the air then drop the hand daown to grab the 1st. then switch to the other hand. takes but a few seconds to practice like that and then you can go into the proper juggling technique of three scarfs and two hands


not messy, and no one will mind if they get hit on the head with a light scarf..

you guys rock! I really must admit I'm amused by the potato trick and will be trying that this weekend. I failed to mention whatever I'm teaching must get through airport security Good thing I could juggle scarfs and not knives

Then it’s going to have to be a mental exercise you can do naked in front of the class.



















……. And with that in mind :lust:…………… where do I sign up for your class?

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Teach them to remember people's names by repeating the name when you meet someone, and using some associative reasoning to remember their name.

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