Case 13 of 20 · Problem Solving

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Test Your Solution

🔎Case Brief #13

🏗️ Building Challenge: Can you build a bridge using only paper and tape that holds a small toy.

🎯 Your mission

Pick a side and defend it.

⚡ The twist

The obvious answer is a trap. Look again.

What You'll Learn

🛠️ Let's Think & Play! Give yourself a hug — you're a great thinker! 🤗 Today's adventure: checking if solutions work! Here's what we'll do: 🖐️ LOOK at the fun activity below 🤔 THINK about what you see 🗣️ TALK about your ideas with someone ✏️ TRY the challenge — there are no wrong answers! Remember: Thinking is like a muscle. Every time you try, your brain gets STRONGER! 💪 Let's go! ⬇️

Key Concept: Checking if solutions work

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Think About This

🏗️ Building Challenge: Can you build a bridge using only paper and tape that holds a small toy? Try it!

Thinking Steps

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👀 Discover!

Look at the activity. What's interesting? What stands out?

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🤔 Wonder!

Ask yourself: WHY is it like that? What do I think?

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✋ Try It!

Pick your answer or try the challenge. Be brave!

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⭐ Share!

Tell a friend or grown-up what you figured out!

Key Points

Understand checking if solutions work

Apply problem solving to daily life

Practice this skill through debates

Key Vocabulary

Solution

The answer or fix to a problem

Help

When someone makes things easier for you

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Every time you figure out how to reach a toy or open a tricky box, you're solving a problem! You're already a problem solver! 🦸

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you teach a stuffed animal about checking if solutions work? They're a great audience! 🧸
2What was tricky? What was easy? Show with your thumbs — up 👍 or down 👎!
3Draw your favorite thing from today's lesson and put it on the fridge! 🎨

Solve the Case

Case 1

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Sandcastle fell! What do?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Ask a grown-up about a problem they solved this week.

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For the dinner table

“What was the hardest problem you solved this week — and how?”

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