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A Good Plan

From OK Go Sandbox · 2025

A Good Plan
4 min3rd4th5th6thSocial-Emotional LearningScience
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Summary

The band walks through how they planned the enormous 64-phone 'A Stone Only Rolls Downhill' shoot — setting goals, breaking the work into steps, and adjusting when things went wrong. A clear, kid-friendly look at project planning and teamwork.

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All ages

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A good plan turns a huge, scary project into a list of small, doable steps.

  1. What is the first thing you should decide before starting a big project?
  2. Why is it helpful to break a big job into smaller steps?
  3. What should a team do when part of the plan doesn't work?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: goal, plan, step, adjust.

Try it: Choose a goal for the week. Write three steps to reach it and a way you'll know you're making progress.