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Mission 14

The Paper Workshop

Mr. Castillo's little workshop makes things out of paper, and every one has a job to do: a boat for the pond race, cards for the street party, kites for kite day, boxes for the bakery, a glider that has to prove itself. Follow the steps, measure before anything is cut, and find the design that works best.

  • 5 parts
  • 10 to 15 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

Boxes for the Bakery

The job: Plan the bakery's bun boxes: measure the blank, fit as many as you can on each sheet of card, mend the method and buy inside the budget.

  1. The Baker's Sample With a PlayOwl plan
  2. Blanks on a Sheet With a PlayOwl plan
  3. Score, Fold, Glue With a PlayOwl plan
  4. Buying the Card With a PlayOwl plan
  5. The Other Card With a PlayOwl plan
For grown-ups: what this mission practices

Following and mending a process, choosing and measuring material (squares, centimeters and millimeters, halves), working out how many pieces a sheet gives and what is wasted, and comparing designs by a stated test. Older children read a test table, change one thing at a time and justify a change from their measurements.

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.