Classroom mode
A question for the whole room
One story to open. A room full of ideas to test.
Ready in three steps
- Open the story.Read and try the first pages together.
- Pause for a prediction.At the story’s question, read its choices aloud. Invite a vote and ask, “What makes you think that?”
- Run it. Watch. Wonder.Choose the class’s prediction, run the experiment, and compare what happened with your guesses.
Different guesses are welcome. The experiment gives everyone something to rethink.
Something to put on paper
A one-page prediction and observation sheet. No answers included.
After the experiment: discussion notes
Talk about what happened
- Predict: if I add a bump to only one side of this shape, what happens when we fold it? Then we fold.
- Predict whether this shape that 'looks balanced' will actually pass the fold test — vote first, then check.
- Predict how many fold lines a square has versus a rectangle, then test each line by folding.
Where it shows up in real life
- Folding a paper snowflake or paper heart, where one cut mirrors itself across the fold
- A painted blot butterfly where folding makes matching wings appear
- Faces, leaves, and letters like A and M that are almost — but never exactly — mirrored
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