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Week 12 · Your Own Challenge

Thursday

Improve it
// Design, build, test and share
⏱ about 20 min

Thursday: Improve It

Raven looks at the tipped marker box.

"What do you notice? The box is tall and the bottom is small."

Rocket remembers the paper tower. "A wider base!"

Nova blinks. "Great discovery! Change just that one thing."

Use what you learned

Every week taught a trick. Which one fits your problem?

ProblemA fix we learned
It tips overMake the base wider
It squishesAdd triangles
It bendsFold the paper
It falls too fastCatch more air
It moves too fastMake the slope gentler
It sinksMake it wide and flat
MATCH THE FIX
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A build tips over. Which fix fits?
A paper bridge bends. Which fix fits?
A frame squishes under a load. Which fix fits?
ONE CHANGE ONLY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which plan is a fair test?
Remember
Keep everything else the same.
Test version 2 the same way as version 1.
Draw your version 2 with one change.

Look before you fix

Look closely at version 1.

Where did it tip, sag, bend or stop?

That spot is your clue.

Match the clue to a fix from the table.

MORE FIXES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A marble run is too fast. Which fix fits?
A foil boat sinks. Which fix fits?
A parachute falls too fast. Which fix fits?
IdeaTrue or false?
Rocket used a trick from the paper tower week.?
Change three things at once for version 2.?
Look at where version 1 failed for a clue.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEClues from version 1 point to the right fix.

You picked a smart fix!

Tomorrow, we test version 2.

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