Your one move
Two builders need a nudge to test before they finish
The rest are on their third or fourth try and fixing faults as they go.
Today's session
The hour
Instruction
Show-and-tell of last week's builds
Two builders show a fault they found and how they fixed it. Name the habit: try it, test it, fix it.
Opening with peers' work sets the bar without you having to lecture.
1:1 Talk-buddy
Plan the next test
Each builder tells a partner the one thing they will test today before building further.
Catches the 'glue it first' habit early in the session.
Self-work
Build and test time
Groups work on their projects. Move between them; sit longer with Kabir and Yug on testing.
No new materials; carried over from last week's workshop.
Activity
Two-minute fault hunt
Swap projects with another group and find one thing to improve. Hand it back with a kind note.
Peer feedback close; keeps the room generous.
Recent work & rising standard
Cardboard marble-run v4 (gravity gate)
Fourth try — added a working gate after two failures. Strong test-and-fix reflex.
Spaghetti bridge that held 12 coins
Tested the load step by step instead of all at once. Careful builder.
Pulley lift, first working version
Got it lifting at last. Still glues before testing — that is this term's focus.
Worth a small group
Children who need a nudge on their craft this term.
Kabir Shah
Craft: tests too late, after gluing
Yug Patel
Craft: finishes before checking it works
Diya Pillai
Craft: needs help breaking a build into steps
Mixed-age groups
Grouped by level and interest, not by age.
Marble runs
Bridges
Simple machines
Worksheets matched to each child
Build log — try, test, fix
Target skill · Test before finishing
- 1.What is the one thing you will test today?
- 2.What happened when you tested it?
- 3.What will you change next try?
Design a fair test
Target skill · Plan a simple test
- 1.How will you know your build worked?
- 2.What will you keep the same so the test is fair?
- 3.Draw your build and label the part you are testing.
The group
The class · 20 children
Kabir Shah
Glues before testing
Yug Patel
Rushes to finish
Aarav Reddy
On his fourth iteration, strong test reflex
Vihaan Gupta
Moving with the class
Diya Pillai
Moving with the class
Arush Mehta
Helps others debug their builds
Daksh Shetty
Moving with the class
Reyansh Pai
Moving with the class
Tara Krishnan
Moving with the class
Advait Menon
Moving with the class
Anika Menon
Moving with the class
Vedant Rao
Moving with the class
Aryan Reddy
Moving with the class
Khushi Nair
Moving with the class
Ranbir Singh
Moving with the class
Nivaan Joshi
Moving with the class
Pihu Agarwal
Moving with the class
Kiara Pillai
Moving with the class
Hrithik Iyer
Moving with the class
Saira Kapoor
Moving with the class