STEM adventures where a wobbly first attempt is part of the story and the second try changes everything.
Ages 6–9 · 6 story worlds
Every invention fails once before it works. The failure is part of the adventure, and fixing it is the hero moment.
Key skills: Design thinking, Iteration, Resilience, Practical problem solving
Build a bridge from paper and tape and see how many toy cars it holds before it bends.
The Brassworks · Ages 6–9 · Classic story (10–15 minutes)
First day at the workshop, a bench of your own and one impossible brief.
Adventure summary: On the first day at the Inventors Academy, your child is given a workbench, a box of odd parts and one impossible brief.
Cogtown · Ages 6–9 · Classic story (10–15 minutes)
A helper robot with a kind wobble and a job it cannot quite manage yet.
Adventure summary: A small helper robot keeps toppling over, and your child must work out which part to redesign before the town parade.
Red Base · Ages 6–9 · Classic story (10–15 minutes)
Growing food, making water and keeping a whole crew alive on another planet.
Adventure summary: At Red Base on Mars, the greenhouse has failed, and your child joins the crew racing to grow food before supplies run out.
Windward Field · Ages 6–9 · Classic story (10–15 minutes)
Wings, wind and a competition where nothing flies on the first attempt.
Adventure summary: At the Windward Field flying competition, your child's machine crashes on the first attempt — and the second is tomorrow.
The Broken Bridge · Ages 6–9 · Classic story (10–15 minutes)
A village cut in half by a river and one young engineer with an idea.
Adventure summary: The river has taken the village bridge, and your child is the only one with a plan for how to rebuild it.
The Whirligig Works · Ages 6–9 · Classic story (10–15 minutes)
A factory that builds whatever you can draw — as long as you can explain how it works.
Adventure summary: The Whirligig Works can build anything your child draws, provided the drawing explains exactly how it works.