Explorers
The Explorers kit plunges students into the daring world of discovery, where they build, decode, imagine, and collaborate their way through uncharted classroom adventures. Each challenge sparks curiosity, strengthens resilience, and brings history and problem-solving to life through hands-on exploration.
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Liferaft Challenge
Students are tasked with designing and constructing a mini liferaft that can carry weight and withstand “stormy seas” using limited classroom materials. This hands-on engineering challenge fosters resilience, teamwork, and iterative problem-solving.
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The Quartermasters Journal
Students uncover and piece together the fragmented journal of a legendary ship’s quartermaster, each entry revealing clues and character backstories. Through reading, writing, and creative roleplay, they develop empathy, narrative thinking, and inferencing.
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Cipher Map Challenge
Learners decode a series of hidden messages using historical ciphers to navigate a mysterious explorer’s map. Along the way, they sharpen logic, pattern recognition, and history-based inquiry skills.
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Treasure vs. Survival
In this culminating team quest, students combine their skills to tackle group tasks, decode final clues, and complete a classroom-wide expedition using what they’ve learned from the other challenges. The activity builds classroom camaraderie, reinforces grit, and celebrates collective perseverance with a showcase or leaderboard event.
