Important Teamwork Skills
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100

Having this skill allows you to better understand your teammates motives and feelings. Taking the time to listen and understand how others think and work can help you to communicate with them in the right ways. 

Empathy

100
Collectively, TNT has this many years experience at the College Board (round to the nearest 10)

178

100

Ancient Egyptians (around 700 B.C) used crystals as an early optical tool. That was the first model of this now commonly used optical tool, that was officially developed in 1268.

Magnifying Glass

100

This was the first candy in outer space.

M&Ms

100

This CB program is moving completely to the cloud for the first time in its 25 year history. 

PowerFAIDS

200

This skill is crucial so that teammates share ideas with one another, improve each other’s work and help one another to form a good team.

Collaboration 

200

This is the order of States (including DC) across TNT from least to most number of K-12 students (must be said with no mistakes)

DC Vermont Rhode Island New Hampshire Maine Delaware Connecticut Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania New York

200

Proving that anything can breed innovation, mold is credited with the development of this.

Penicillium

200

On August 15th (today), please take some time to stop and smell the roses in order to celebrate this national day.

National Relaxation Day 

200

These three AP courses had more than 20% exam volume growth from 2022 to 2023.  

AP Seminar; AP Art & Design; AP Computer Science Principles

300

This important skill is defined as is the act of making an effort to focus intently on one person as they share their ideas, thoughts or feelings. You might also ask follow-up questions to dig deeper into what they are communicating. 

Active Listening

300

This TNT State is #1 in the country on NAEP reading scores.

New Jersey

300

When his first two companies failed due to an inability to produce goods efficiently, this industrialist went on to create one of the most important workplace innovations of the 20th century. 

Henry Ford and the Assembly Line

300

The longest game on record of this popular game last 70 days.

Monopoly 

300

This country was the first to kick-off the full-scale administration of the digital SAT in March, 2023. 

New Zealand

400

Without transparency, it can be difficult for a team to develop trust and therefore work together efficiently. To achieve transparency, you'll need to practice this important teamwork skill.

Honesty

400

These five states in TNT scored above the national average for 4th grade, math.  (Credit for naming 4)

Massachusetts; New Jersey; New Hampshire; Connecticut; Pennsylvania

400

This cleaning tool started from a bold idea in the 1970s. Over 3700 prototypes and nearly 25 years later, it finally made it to market and is now one of the most well-regarded in the field.  

Dyson Vacuum 

400

Cotton Candy was invented by this type of doctor.

Dentist

400

During SDP's July 2023 Town Hall, Greg Walker said that SDP was on this...

FIRE!

500

If you notice that one person on a team is dominating the conversation or that one person tends to be more shy or hesitant to share ideas AND you work to restore the balance so that each teammate can contribute evenly, you are practicing this important teamwork skill.

Awareness

500

This TNT state spends the most money per student than any other state in the country. (Extra $250: Approximately how much does it spend per pupil?) 

New York (extra credit: $25,139)

500

As demand for fresh produce grew, the first commercial version of this was available in 1913, and was built off of earlier innovations in 1876, 1834, and 1748.

Refrigerators 

500

Though you wouldn't know it, Walt Disney was afraid of these.

Mice

500

Though some may disagree, its clear that this is the strongest and most awesome team at the College Board.

TNT!!!!

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