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Can you move a toy without carrying it?
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9–12 years · 20 minutes
Can you move a toy without carrying it?
Clean cardboard; Tape; Paper; Large soft toy
Set a table start and finish line.
Build a simple cardboard mover.
Test it with the soft toy.
Improve one part that gets stuck.
An adult stays alongside. Use no cutting, heights or heavy objects; keep the work on a table.
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Cardboard courier · continued
Space to write or sketch.
Space to write or sketch.
Where did it get stuck?
Name one failure and your next change.
Use a flat straight path.
Compare a turn or timed trial.
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An adult stays alongside, follows the person's lead and stops when they have had enough.
Clean cardboard · Tape · Paper · Large soft toy
Set a table start and finish line.
Try saying: Where did it get stuck?
Finish: Name one failure and your next change.
An adult stays alongside. Use no cutting, heights or heavy objects; keep the work on a table.
Make it simpler: Use a flat straight path.
Take it further: Compare a turn or timed trial.
A chance to practise engineering, testing. This invitation is an editorial adaptation of the guidance below. It is not a test or a promise about development.
