Mission 13
The Lost Map
Old maps keep turning up in Fern Hollow: one drawn in pictures, one of a trail nobody walks, one so faded that only its numbers are left, one torn into strips. Each still leads somewhere worth finding: a swing, a forgotten orchard, a time capsule, a hidden bird hide, a lookout over the lake. Read the map, work out the way, and go and see.
- 4 parts
- 8 to 12 minutes
- Grades 2 and 3
Who is playing?
Each age gets its own version of the story. Any of them is fine to play.
Grades 2 and 3
The Faded Map
The job: Redraw Nana Odette's faded map from its list of numbers, and use it to find the time capsule her class buried.
- Across, Then Up With a PlayOwl plan
- North at the Top With a PlayOwl plan
- One Square Is 10 Meters With a PlayOwl plan
- Where the Capsule Waits With a PlayOwl plan
For grown-ups: what this mission practices
Reading and making maps: matching pictures to landmarks, position words, left and right, counting steps, rows and places, grid coordinates, compass directions and a scale. Older children piece a torn map together by its edges, fix a place from two distances or two bearings, compare routes and sites, and justify a choice from evidence.
- 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.