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Week 12 · Your Own Challenge

Wednesday

Create and test
// Design, build, test and share
⏱ about 20 min

Wednesday: Create and Test

Today, everyone builds.

Rocket folds a paper box with four walls.

Raven tapes the corners. Nova measures each wall.

They drop in markers, one by one.

"Four, five... the box tips over at six!" Nova reports. Rocket laughs. "Version 1, done!"

Build your version 1

  1. Gather the materials from your plan.
  2. Build your idea.
  3. Test it the way you planned.
  4. Write down what you measured.
Safety first
A grown-up does all cutting with sharp tools.
No hot glue for children.
Keep small parts, coins and marbles away from babies.
Never launch anything at people or pets.
VersionWhat I measuredDid it meet my goal?
Version 1
WHICH STEP?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
You build your idea. Which step is that?
You measure your build. Which step is that?
HONEST RESULTS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Rocket's box tipped at six markers. What should Raven write?

Test the way you planned

Use the same test you wrote in your plan.

Count, time or measure the same way each time.

Then version 2 can be compared fairly.

BUILD DAY CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who does the cutting with sharp tools?
At what number did Rocket's box tip?
Why test the same way each time?
SafetyTrue or false?
Keep coins and marbles away from babies.?
Launch your build at a pet.?
No hot glue for children.?
Children use sharp tools alone.?
WHY THIS EXERCISESafe builders protect everyone around them.
BUILD DAY
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
Draw your version 1 build.

Version 1 is built and tested!

Tomorrow, we improve it.

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