Seasons and holidays
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Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Leprechaun Trap Plan
Design a trap to catch a tricky leprechaun, then list the materials and test your idea.
- Grades
- K–4
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- engineering design, labeling, explaining a process
What kids do
“Leprechauns are sneaky! Plan a trap that will catch one.”
- My trap (label the parts)
- Materials
- How it works: first… then… and the leprechaun…
How to run it
- Shoeboxes, ramps, sticks and string make great traps.
- Label the bait, the ramp and the door.
- Build and test with a toy.
Talk about it
- What bait would work best?
- What could go wrong?
- How would you improve it?
Take it further
Build the trap and write what happened overnight.
Pairs well with
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