Curriculum

About 25–30 minutes, or split planning and testing. Optional materials: three equal sheets of scrap paper, a blunt pencil and a clear adult-checked tabletop. No weights, scissors, water or electricity. Make a paper tent by folding a sheet across its middle and standing it as an inverted V. Test whether it stays standing for ten slow counts. A second equal sheet can receive one planned design change. If paper or a safe surface is unavailable, do planning only and mark not performed; do not fill in observations from the example.

Use the supplied paper cases only unless the optional paper prototype test is explicitly chosen. Do not handle electrical chargers, heat materials, mix chemicals, approach floodwater or volcanoes, or disturb animals. For the optional prototype, an adult checks a clear tabletop; use only paper and a blunt pencil, keep paper away from faces, and stop if the setup feels unsafe. Missing equipment, discomfort or no test means not performed: leave observations blank. No personal health, disaster or family experience is required.

Retain your actual plan and observations on paper between steps. If not performed, leave results blank. Record response mode and assistance; do not infer mastery.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.