Mission 18
The Library Mystery
Something odd is going on at the town library. A favorite book is not on its shelf, the returns are in a muddle, and notes keep turning up between the pages. Follow the clues, put things in order, and work out what really happened. Nobody is in trouble: every mystery here ends with something found.
- 5 parts
- 12 to 18 minutes
- Grades 4 and 5
Who is playing?
Each age gets its own version of the story. Any of them is fine to play.
Grades 4 and 5
The Wandering Atlas
The job: Find the big atlas before Map Day, using shelf codes, the sign-out sheet and a trail of notes.
- Where It Should Be With a PlayOwl plan
- The Sign-Out Sheet With a PlayOwl plan
- A Trail of Sticky Notes With a PlayOwl plan
- Back on the Shelves With a PlayOwl plan
- The Star Handbook With a PlayOwl plan
For grown-ups: what this mission practices
Sorting by a picture or a first letter, alphabetical order to the second letter, following written directions, reading and keeping a borrowing record, ordering shelf codes with decimals, ruling out possibilities until one remains, and, for older children, telling what a source says from what someone guessed and justifying a conclusion.
- Ages
- Five versions, from Preschool to Grade 8. They are different designs, not the same task with other numbers.
- How it is checked
- Every answer is checked by rules the child can see at work on the screen. Any answer that meets them is right.
- Help
- Olly can read any line aloud, give a hint that points at where to look, or show one way. A report says where help was used.
- Time
- Nothing is timed. A part takes a few minutes and progress is saved after each one for a signed-in child.