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.
- 5 parts
- 12 to 20 minutes
- Grades 6 to 8
Who is playing?
Each age gets its own version of the story. Any of them is fine to play.
Grades 6 to 8
A Bench with a View
The job: Fix the founders' viewpoints from an old survey sketch, weigh them against the brief, and justify where the new lookout bench should stand.
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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.