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
- 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
The Glider Kit
The job: Choose the glider design, the box and the label for a new kit by testing, comparing and justifying each change from the measurements.
- The Test Table With a PlayOwl plan
- Change One Thing With a PlayOwl plan
- A Box from One Sheet With a PlayOwl plan
- What the Label May Say With a PlayOwl plan
- The Brief Changes 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.