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Topic: Spatial Sense
Theme: Lost and Found
Ages: 6-8
Introduction
Gorillas, groceries, pirate treasure, and aardvark homes: these are just a few of the things children will search for and find in this week’s
Afterschool Adventure, Lost and Found. Children will use position words like above, below, and beside to find groceries in a pantry;
they will learn to read maps in order to find gorillas, groceries, and buried pirate treasure. They will use coordinate grids in order to find
homes for animals. Finally, they will be making judgments about how to rotate and flip objects so that they fit together. All of these
tasks will contribute to the development of their spatial sense.
Math Overview
This unit focuses on spatial sense skills such as position, direction, and location in space for children ages 6-8. Refer to the
More About Math to learn additional information about these math topics as they relate to the Lost and Found learning activities.
Before You Begin
Create a free account on PBS LearningMedia to access videos for this Afterschool Adventure at http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Print Cyberchase: Boredom Buster Grid (one copy per child)
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Here’s one way to make a
secret smiley face. What else
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Boredom Buster
Next time you’re waiting for food at a restaurant,
bust your boredom by sending secret images to
a friend!
Directions
Materials
 “Boredom Buster”
grid
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Print out two copies of the “Boredom Buster” grid.
Give one to a friend and keep one.
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Tell your friend not to look. Use a pencil to draw a simple
picture (a tree, for example, or a smiley face or an apple)
on your grid. DO NOT LET YOUR FRIEND SEE THE PICTURE!
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On your grid, color the squares one at a time that make
up your picture. Each square can be only one color and
must be completely filled in.
 pencil
 crayons or markers
TIP
To find the
coordinates of a square,
put both fingers on
the square. Slide one
finger across until you
hit a letter. Slide the
other finger up until
you hit a number. This
letter and number are
the coordinates (for
example, “A4”).
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Keeping your picture hidden, tell your friend the
coordinates and color of each square you colored. Using
the coordinates, your friend should color the exact same
squares on her grid to recreate your picture.
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Can your friend guess what your secret picture is?
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Print out two more grids and let your friend be the artist!
Watch Cyberchase on PBS KIDS GO!
pbskidsgo.org/cyberchase
Cyberchase is produced by THIRTEEN in association with Title Entertainment, Inc. and WNET.ORG. All rights reserved. Cyberchase is a trademark of WNET.ORG Properties LLC.
The PBS KIDS GO! logo is a registered mark of PBS and is used with permission. Major funding for Cyberchase is provided by the National Science Foundation, Ernst & Young, LLP,
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by The Volckhausen Family.
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Topic: Spatial Sense
Theme: Lost and Found
Ages: 6-8
Handy Resource Guide
Get Ready! Your Afterschool Adventure includes videos, online games and mobile apps, hands-on activities and books.
Use this resource chart to plan ahead.
WATCH
EXPLORE
PBS KIDS Videos
Hands-on Activities
Part 2: Finding Gorillas and Groceries
Part 1: Finding Ingredients
• Cyberchase: Gorillas in the Midst (3:25)
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Pantry Search
Part 3: Finding Pirate Treasure
• Peg + Cat: Treasure Hunt (2:00)
Part 4: Finding Homes for Animals
• Cyberchase: Using a Coordinate Grid (1:55)
Part 5: Finding Greasy Goop
• Peg + Cat: Jewel Puzzle (2:41)
PLAY
• Pencils, pens, or markers
•Scissors
•Glue
• Grocery store mailers or advertisements, magazines
• Index cards
Electric Company: Pin the Word on the Target
• Index cards
•Paper
• Pen or marker
• Child-safe scissors
•Tape
• A cloth bandana or something else to serve as a blindfold
• Objects to hide
Online Games &
Mobile Downloads
Part 4: Finding Animal Homes
Part 1: Finding Ingredients
•Pencil
• Crayons or markers
• Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Pantry Hunt
• Print Cyberchase: Boredom Buster Grid (one copy per child)
Part 2: Finding Gorillas and Groceries
• Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Grocery Mapping
• The Cat in the Hat: Meerkat Jubilee
Part 4: Finding Animal Homes
• Wild Kratts: Aardvark Town
• Cyberchase: Bike Route
Part 5: Finding Greasy Goop
READ
Related Books
Part 1: Into the Outdoors by Susan Gal
Part 2: Follow that Map!: A First Book of Mapping Skills
by Scot Ritchie
• Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Dunk Tank Dilemma
• Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Robo Rebuild
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Part 1: Finding Ingredients (20 minutes)
PLAY
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Pantry Hunt
Corporal Cup needs help finding ingredients in the pantry. She can’t remember exactly where each one is,
but can help you find them using clues like “next to,” “above,” and “below.”
Gather children at your computer or interactive whiteboard so everyone can see.
Leader: Welcome to the Lost and Found Afterschool Adventure! This week, we’re going to search for and find some items that have gone
missing. As usual, we’ll get a little help from our friends at PBS KIDS as we complete the adventure. We have a list of several
items that we need to find this week.
Start a list of the missing items on your whiteboard or heavy paper and post it for the children to see throughout the week’s activities.
Leader: The first item on our list is “ingredients.” Does anyone know what this word means?
Pause to allow children to answer and write the first item on the board or paper.
Leader: Ingredients are foods that you need to make a recipe. We need to find some ingredients today in order to check this item off on
our handout – and Corporal Cup is going to help us find them.
Access the game with the sound muted so that the children can see the pantry items without hearing the directions. Ask the children
to name each ingredient (blueberry jelly, canned tomatoes, etc.) and then ask them a few questions to assess their understanding of
words and phrases like above, below, to the right of, and to the left of. For example, ask questions like:
• Is the blueberry jelly above or below the canned tomatoes?
• Which ingredient is above and to the right of the cereal?
• Where are the crackers in relation to the strawberry jelly?
(Encourage proper use of direction words to explain words such as: above, below, to the right of, etc.)
When you are sure children understand the direction words, unmute the sound and click the “?” icon in the upper right of the screen to
hear Corporal Cup explain the game. Then play as a group, calling on different children in each round to click on the correct ingredients.
(If children are having trouble distinguishing between right and left, point out the r and l letters on the sides of the screen.)
When all the children have had a chance to play, congratulate them on finding the first missing item on their lost and found list – the
ingredients! Have each child check off that item on his or her list.
Leader: Great job finding the first missing item – the ingredients! But we’re not done yet – we still have four more items to find! We’ll
continue next time we gather by searching for gorillas and groceries.
Keep Going! If you have more time, explore the following resources on the next page.
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Part 1: (continued)
EXPLORE
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Pantry Search
Have the children work together to create a “pantry” using poster board and magazine cutouts, as described
in the directions. Then create flash cards by writing one of each of the following words or phrases on an index
card: next to, above, below, to the right of, to the left of, and beside. Next, have children take turns picking
a flash card and making up directions for the other children to follow. For example, if a child picks above from
the deck of flash cards, she could ask, Which ingredient is above the sugar? Have her call on another child to
answer. Keep playing until everyone has had a turn.
READ
Into the Outdoors by Susan Gal
In this book, a family goes on a camping trip, travelling next to a waterfall, beside a lake, and among the trees.
Read the book aloud to your children and ask them to point out words that describe position and location.
EXPLORE
Electric Company: Pin the Word on the Target
In this game, children will use position words to direct someone to a target on the wall. You can extend the
activity by asking children to hide objects in the room. Children should work in pairs, with one child hiding the
object while the other closes his eyes. Then the child who hid the object should give directions to find it.
For example, Start at the bookcase to the left of the red chair. Walk straight past four tables. The object is
to the right of the trash can.
target
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Part 2: Finding Gorillas and Groceries (20 minutes)
WATCH
Cyberchase: Gorillas in the Midst (3:25)
Bianca wants to see the gorillas at the Bronx Zoo. She gets directions from a zoo worker. But was that
“right at the bears and left at the baboons” or “left at the bears and right at the baboons”? Bianca learns
firsthand that a map can help you get from one place to another.
Gather children at your computer or interactive whiteboard so everyone can see.
Leader: It’s time to continue with Lost and Found Afterschool Adventure! Last time we were together, we found ingredients.
Today, we’re going to find a two-part item: gorillas and groceries!
Let the children know that in addition to searching for new things, they’re going to use a new tool to do the searching.
Leader: Last time we were together, we found ingredients by listening to directions and then following them. But sometimes
listening to directions and following them can be pretty tricky. Let’s watch this video to learn about another way of
looking for something.
Access the video and let it play. After, discuss with the children what you saw. Ask questions like:
• What was Bianca trying to find? (the gorilla exhibit)
• What was the first thing she tried to do to get there? (follow directions from the zoo worker)
• Why didn’t that work? (the directions were too long and confusing)
• What did she use instead? (a map)
• Bianca talked about using landmarks to find her way on the map. What did she mean?
(Landmarks are buildings or objects that help you figure out where you are. Bianca used landmarks like the flamingo
exhibit to figure out where she was on the map.)
Tell the children that now that they’ve helped find the gorilla, they’re going to get a little more practice using maps and landmarks
to find groceries.
PLAY
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Grocery Mapping
In this game, children will navigate through the grocery store to find everything on their shopping lists—but
they need to be careful to avoid obstacles like shopping carts, other customers, and spills.
Gather children at your computer or interactive whiteboard so everyone can see.
Leader: Now that we’ve seen Bianca use a map to find her way through the zoo, let’s see if we can use a map to navigate through
the grocery store!
Access the game and click on the question mark icon to show the children a tutorial on how the game works. Then have children
work in pairs to navigate through the store and get to the foods on their shopping lists. Remind them to click on the “Go” button
when they are ready to test their paths.
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Part 2: (continued)
As children work, circulate through the room and make yourself available to answer questions. It may take some trial and error for
children to get the hang of creating successful pathways. Encourage them to describe the path they are setting up, mentioning
obstacles and landmarks that they must take into consideration (for example, go forward, take a right at the spill, and then turn
left to reach the bananas).
When all the children have had a chance to play, congratulate them on finding the gorilla and the groceries.
Leader: Great work today, kids! You are becoming expert finders. The next time we meet, we’ll search for something different –
pirate treasure!
Keep Going! If you have more time, explore the following resources:
PLAY
The Cat in the Hat: Meerkat Jubilee
For children who are new to mapping, this game is a little less challenging than the Grocery Mapping game.
In the game, children will help the Cat in the Hat deliver invitations for the annual Meerkat Jubilee. They will
have to go deep underground to connect the mixed-up tunnel sections to get to all the meerkats in their lairs.
READ
Follow that Map!: A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie
This book introduces children to different kinds of maps and explains key features of maps. Read it aloud
to help children develop their understanding of maps as useful tools for sharing information.
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Part 3: Finding Pirate Treasure (20 minutes)
WATCH
Peg + Cat: Treasure Hunt (2:00)
Peg, Cat, and their pirate friends follow a map to find buried treasure.
Gather children at your computer or interactive whiteboard so everyone can see.
Leader: It’s time to continue with Lost and Found Afterschool Adventure! Last time we were together,
we found gorillas and groceries. Today, we’re going to find something new: pirate treasure!
Let the children know that today, they will be using maps to explore distance.
Leader: We found the gorillas and groceries by looking at landmarks and following maps. But maps have more information on them
than just landmarks. They can tell you how far away something is, too. I’m going to give each of you a copy of the treasure
map that Peg and Cat are trying to follow. We’re going to help them as they search for the pirate treasure.
Access the video and press play. Pause the video at 0:54. Ask, How did Peg describe the distance between the flagpole and the gorilla
head? (Pass three shells.) Continue the video, and pause at every step in the journey, asking children to point out the ways that Peg
describes the distance between landmarks.
Ask questions like:
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What is the distance to the next landmark?
• Do you think the distance to the next landmark is shorter or longer than the distance from the last landmark?
• How many landmarks do Peg and Cat have to find to get to the X?
• Was there a shorter way that Peg and Cat could have gotten from the flagpole to the rock?
Show me with your finger on the map.
After the video ends, congratulate children on helping Peg and Cat to find the pirate treasure! Tell the children that now that they’ve
helped find the pirate treasure, they’re going to get a little more practice using maps.
EXPLORE
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Lost in Greasy World!
Avril and Henry took a wrong turn in the Greasy World theme park and got lost. They found a map, but it
has been torn up into little pieces. Children will use spatial skills to put the map back together .
Gather children at tables so everyone can see.
Leader: Now that we’ve seen Peg + Cat use a map to find a buried treasure, let’s see if we can fix a map
that has been torn into little pieces.
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Part 3: (continued)
In this activity, children will put together a map of Greasy World that has been broken up into pieces. Tell the children that you have
another map that they can look at to help complete the puzzle.
Talk with the children about the map pieces. Use terms that describe the pieces such as triangle, square, corners, and edges. Tell them
that they might have to turn, or rotate, the pieces to put the map together correctly. Once the pieces are put together into a complete
map of Greasy World, help the children tape the map back together.
Next, give the children an example of how they might find something on the map.
Leader: If I was at the entrance and wanted to go to the Arcade, I would go left, walk straight ahead, go around the Ice Cream Parlor,
and walk straight ahead to the Arcade. Now let’s help Avril and Henry. They got lost near the Games pavilion. Look at your
map. What do you think is the shortest way for them to get back to the entrance?
Children will use the maps to find the shortest and longest routes between attractions. Ask questions like:
• What is the longest route from the games pavilion to the entrance?
• Is there another route to the entrance?
• What route could you take if you wanted to go past the Arcade?
If you wish, have children work in pairs and challenge each other to create routes from one landmark to another. When all the children
have had a chance to complete their map puzzle, congratulate them on using to map to help Avril and Henry find the park entrance.
Leader: Nice work rebuilding the Greasy World map! The next time we meet, we’ll do some more searching—this time for animal homes!
Keep Going! If you have more time, explore the following resource:
PLAY
The Cat in the Hat: Can Map This & That!
Work with your children as a whole group to create a map of your afterschool space. Discuss any
“landmarks” in your space – for example, a table, a potted plant, or a lamp – and estimate where they
would go on the map and how far apart they would be. If time allows, let students work in pairs to create
their own map of their bedroom or a different space at home. Have one student tell them what their room
looks like and have the other student create the space. For instance, one student would say, “My room
is a rectangle. On the right hand side of my room there is a bed. Next to the bed on the left hand side is
a table with a lamp. The door opens to the hallway on the left near the center of the room.” It is important to stress to the students
that using direction words are necessary and children must be precise to make sure that their partner is able to create the room that
reflects their space.
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Part 4: Finding Homes for Animals (20 minutes)
PLAY
Wild Kratts: Aardvark Town
In this game, children will use their mapping skills to find just the right habitat for animals in the
African savannah.
Gather children at your computer or interactive whiteboard so everyone can see.
Leader: It’s time to continue with Lost and Found Afterschool Adventure! Last time we were together, we found pirate treasure by
looking at maps and thinking about landmarks and distances. But there’s another feature on some maps that can help you find
things – it’s called a coordinate grid. In this game, we’ll use a coordinate grid to find homes for animals!
Click “Learn to Play” and listen to Martin and Aviva explain the game. Children will be given coordinates for three areas on a map that
could serve as an animal’s home. After they select the areas on the map that match the coordinates, they will get a closer look at the
three areas, along with a description of the animal’s habitat. Children will need to choose the area on the map that best matches the
animal’s preferred habitat.
Work as a group to find the coordinates for the first example. Help children learn to use the rows and columns to identify the areas,
have them trace with their fingers to find where, for example, row A meets column C.
When children have found all the possible homes, have them practice close reading with the clues they see. For example:
“Caracal Cat: Caracal cats live in scrubland that offers a few bushes, trees, or clumps of grass.”
After reading the clue for the first time ask children which of the three areas they think the caracal cat would like. Have them explain
their reasoning based on words from the clue and picture clues.
When you are sure children understand the directions, have them play on their own or in small groups.
After the children have had a chance to practice, gather the children together and congratulate them on finding another item on their
Lost and Found handouts. Have them check off the box that corresponds to “Homes for Animals” and point out that they only have one
item left to find.
Leader: Nice work finding homes for animals! We’re almost done finding all the lost items. The next time we meet, we’ll search for one
last item — Greasy Goop!
Keep Going! If you have more time, explore the following resources on the next page.
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Part 4: (continued)
WATCH
Cyberchase: Using a Coordinate Grid (1:55)
The CyberSquad explains how to use a coordinate grid in this video. Watch the video with children, letting
it play all the way through. Reiterate for children what happened: The CyberSquad wanted to meet at the
hill with the flat top, but they were confused because there were two flat hills on the map. The coordinate
grid helped the CyberSquad decide on a meeting place where everyone was sure of the location. Then play
the video again beginning at 1:13 and pausing at 1:21, 1:28, and 1:34, showing children how the CyberSquad
came up with the coordinating point for each landmark. (The point at which two lines intersect is called the coordinating point.)
PLAY
Cyberchase: Bike Route
In this game, children are challenged to find the shortest route they can to help Inez complete her errands.
They can use a coordinate grid to help navigate.
EXPLORE
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Cyberchase: Boredom Buster
Coordinates aren’t just good for mapping! Children can send secret pictures
and messages to each other using coordinates and graph paper in this activity.
Here’s one way to make a
secret smiley face. What else
can you make on your grid?
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Boredom Buster
Next time you’re waiting for food at a restaurant,
bust your boredom by sending secret images to
a friend!
Directions
Materials
 “Boredom Buster”
grid
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Print out two copies of the “Boredom Buster” grid.
Give one to a friend and keep one.
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Tell your friend not to look. Use a pencil to draw a simple
picture (a tree, for example, or a smiley face or an apple)
on your grid. DO NOT LET YOUR FRIEND SEE THE PICTURE!
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On your grid, color the squares one at a time that make
up your picture. Each square can be only one color and
must be completely filled in.
 pencil
 crayons or markers
TIP
To find the
coordinates of a square,
put both fingers on
the square. Slide one
finger across until you
hit a letter. Slide the
other finger up until
you hit a number. This
letter and number are
the coordinates (for
example, “A4”).
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Keeping your picture hidden, tell your friend the
coordinates and color of each square you colored. Using
the coordinates, your friend should color the exact same
squares on her grid to recreate your picture.
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Can your friend guess what your secret picture is?
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Print out two more grids and let your friend be the artist!
Watch Cyberchase on PBS KIDS GO!
pbskidsgo.org/cyberchase
Cyberchase is produced by THIRTEEN in association with Title Entertainment, Inc. and WNET.ORG. All rights reserved. Cyberchase is a trademark of WNET.ORG Properties LLC.
The PBS KIDS GO! logo is a registered mark of PBS and is used with permission. Major funding for Cyberchase is provided by the National Science Foundation, Ernst & Young, LLP,
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by The Volckhausen Family.
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Topic: Spatial Sense
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Ages: 6-8
Part 5: Finding Greasy Goop (20 minutes)
PLAY
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Dunk Tank Dilemma
Using pipes, funnels, and liquid measurement, children will need to map out a way for the greasy goop to
get from the bottles at the top of the screen to the bucket at the bottom.
Gather children at your computer or interactive whiteboard so everyone can see.
Leader: It is the last day of the Lost and Found Afterschool Adventure! So far, we have found ingredients, gorillas and groceries, pirate treasure, and animal homes. We’ve used direction words, maps, landmarks, and coordinate
grids to locate the missing items. Today, we have one last thing to find – Greasy Goop!
Access Dunk Tank Dilemma and go through the demo with children. Reiterate the goal of the game: children need to find and collect the
Greasy Goop soda. That means they will need to move the Greasy Gulp bucket and connect the straw pieces to ensure that the soda pours
into the bucket so that they can collect it. Since the bucket is barely wide enough to catch all of the Greasy Goop soda, children will need
to rotate the straw pieces and connect them to the bottles to redirect the soda. (In some puzzles the buckets and some of the straw pieces
are stationary.)
Play through a few levels together as a group. In higher levels of the puzzle, you will notice that more than one bucket becomes available
to catch the Greasy Goop soda. In these levels, the capacity of the buckets and the amount of soda in each bottle needs to be considered so
that the buckets do not overflow. You may need to explain to children that there are four quarts in a gallon.
When you are sure children understand the directions, have them play additional rounds independently or in small groups. This game can
be challenging, but encourage children to persevere. Let them know they can use the “Hint” button to learn new strategies when they get
stuck.
As they play, ask questions like:
• How does rotating the straw piece help you get the soda in the bucket?
• How can you use the grid lines to help create a successful path for the soda?
• Think back to the Grocery Mapping game we played. How is creating a path for the soda like creating a path through the grocery store?
When children are finished playing, congratulate them on a job well done.
Leader: We are finished! We used our knowledge of maps and directions and our understanding of spatial skills to find five missing
items this week: ingredients, gorillas and groceries, pirate treasure, animal homes, and Greasy Gulp soda! Great work, children.
Keep Going! If you have more time, explore the following resources on the next page.
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Part 5: (continued)
WATCH
Peg + Cat: Jewel Puzzle (2:41)
What should Peg and Cat do on their pirate playdate? How about a jewel puzzle? Peg shows the pirates
how to place the jewel puzzle pieces together to make a smiley face.
PLAY
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Robo Rebuild
Have children play Robo Rebuild independently or in small groups. Before they begin, explain how to
move and rotate the blueprint pieces so that they can come together to create a coherent picture.
Encourage use of the term rotate to describe turning the piece. Check with children frequently as they
play to see how they are doing. Encourage them to use trial and error to find the correct placement for
each piece; however, if they are having trouble, you may model how to choose a blueprint piece and then
click the “Hint” button to see how that piece should be rotated.
This out-of-school resource was developed by Maryland Public Television.
The contents of this activity were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education,
and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. [PR/Award No. U295A100025, CFDA No. 84.295A]. • © 2015 Public Broadcasting Service.
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