🧭 The ’25–26 Mission Log

Big adventures. Deep learning.

Every mission gives children a challenge worth solving. Together, they build, experiment, rethink, and discover just how much they can do.

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A completed ocean scene lantern, illuminated from within.Mission 17
Creativity

Glow Box Reef Lights

An ocean rescue became a challenge in building, light, and persistence.
A completed magnetic pufferfish rover.Mission 18
Magnetism

Magnetic Pufferfish Rescuers

Build a rover and guide a pufferfish through an ocean maze using a magnet.
A finished sunset bottle, revisited at home after the mission.Mission 20
Observation

Desert Sunset Maker

Create a bottle of swirling color and explore how different liquids behave.
Testing a handmade parachute from the playground.Mission 21
Flight

Parachute Pals

Build a parachute that gives a desert animal a soft landing.
A finished clay Friendship Fort with its fox residents.Mission 22
Structures

The Friendship Fort

Build a cozy clay shelter for a little fox.
Building a launcher for the mission.Mission 23
Forces

Lava Launchers

Build a launcher and explore what changes a projectile’s flight.
A completed glowing sand art shield bottle.Mission 24
Granular materials

Stardust Defense

Layer glowing sand into a shield bottle for a storybook rescue.
A completed tower and pulley elevator for the spider.Mission 26
Structural design

The Siege of Dargo’s Castle

Build a stable tower and a working pulley elevator for a spider.
A defensive tree built to protect a forest dove.Mission 27
Joints and movement

The Enchanted Forest Fighter Tree

Create a tree with movable branches to protect a forest dove.
Heart shields made during the Warrior Armor mission.Mission 29
Body awareness

Warrior Armor

Build armor while exploring the body parts it protects.
A completed insulated sanctuary for a butterfly.Mission 30
Insulation

The Monarch Sanctuary

Design an insulated shelter and test how well it protects a butterfly.
A wheeled sleigh being tested against the obstacles on the slide.Mission 32
Wheels and axles

Santa’s Sleigh Rescue

Build a wheeled sleigh that can carry its cargo safely down a slide.
A decorated shelter designed to absorb warmth for a lizard.Mission 34
Sun and warmth

The Sun Seeker’s Sanctuary

Rescue a lizard and build a home that makes use of the sun.
A paper rocket ready for the map challenge.Mission 35
Navigation

The Great Snack Stronauts

Build a paper rocket and use its flight to explore a map.
The mission map and telescope used in the treasure hunt.Mission 36
Optics

The Treasure of Emma Prusch Farm

Build a telescope, decode clues, and assemble a treasure map.
A completed cricket habitat.Mission 38
Habitats

The Cricket Bungalow

Build a living habitat and begin caring for its tiny residents.
A painted moth displayed alongside a hornworm home.Mission 39
Habitat design

The Green Goliath Garden

Build a hornworm home and explore the symmetry of a moth.
A child sharing an original critter design.Mission 40
Adaptation

The Critter Allies

Invent a creature with features no storybook villain could anticipate.
A completed lever launcher ready for testing.Mission 41
Levers

The Fulcrum Flip

Build a lever launcher and discover how a fulcrum changes the work.
A pulley trap with its suspended container.Mission 42
Pulleys

Pulley Power

Build a trap with a pulley and work out how to trigger it.
A balloon powered car built from a basket, straws, and wheels.Mission 43
Forces

The Getaway Car

Build a balloon powered car and help a froglet escape.
A completed trebuchet with its throwing arm and counterweight.Mission 44
Forces

The Siege of Tangle’s Fortress

Build a trebuchet for the final challenge against Tangle.
A completed rubber band guitar.Mission 46
Vibration

The Squirrely String Band

Build a rubber band guitar and explore sound through making.
A completed copper pipe xylophone.Mission 47
Sound and vibration

The Chime Builders

Build a copper pipe xylophone with five playable notes.
A fairy story setting and its handmade characters.Mission 48
Storytelling

The Fairy Story Workshop

Make characters and settings, then give them a story.
Children sharing their characters on the playground stage.Mission 49
Expression

Character and Performance

Create a character and act out a problem for the group to guess.
Testing a miniature house for a little pig.Mission 50
Materials

Huff and Puff Engineering

Build three little houses and see how their materials behave.
The cast of The Three Little Pigs at the end of year celebration.Mission 51
Collaboration

The Three Little Pigs

Turn a familiar story into a shared production with sets, costumes, and music.

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