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Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 minutes · 2–6 players

Seed Parcel Carriers

A light kit must cover three growing needs, then each parcel must use a road that can carry its load. Work together to choose the seed parcel carriers.

6 clues, gradual hints and a complete paper finish. Choose a reader, a recorder and a checker, then work through the mission together.

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Seed Parcel Carriers: Three growers need seed, water and shade labels in one parcel. Some cards serve two needs. Choose the lightest complete set within the six-unit carrier limit and report its letters alphabetically.

Your mission

Work together to choose the seed parcel carriers.

Welcome to the seed exchange garden. A light kit must cover three growing needs, then each parcel must use a road that can carry its load. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to choose the seed parcel carriers. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.

How your team will think

Compare path costs, capacity and required stops before choosing a journey.

Read the route’s start, destination and rules together. Trace one complete option at a time and keep its resource checks beside it, rather than mixing pieces of different routes.

Set up in one room

  1. Print the six player sheets and two record sheets for each team. Keep answers and hints with the host.
  2. Lay out Supply cards, Seed requests, the remaining clue sheets and the final plan. All task records are printed inside the sheets; no extra prop is needed.
  3. After each clue, pass roles one seat clockwise. With two players, combine Reader with Recorder and Checker with Builder. With five or six, add a second checker and a source finder; everyone explains one decision.

Bring to the table

  • One complete player set and record set per team
  • One pencil per child
  • One adult host with the answer and hint pages

Print and sorting checklist · Plan the player roles

Ages and durations are design estimates. Choose the pace and reading support that suit your group.

Look before you print

See all 6 player clues

These are the actual figures and instructions from the player pack. Read the final page’s rule along with the earlier clues.

Clue 1 of 6

Kit

Three growers need seed, water and shade labels in one parcel. Some cards serve two needs. Choose the lightest complete set within the six-unit carrier limit and report its letters alphabetically.

Seed Parcel Carriers: Three growers need seed, water and shade labels in one parcel. Some cards serve two needs. Choose the lightest complete set within the six-unit carrier limit and report its letters alphabetically.
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Supply cards A: weight 2; gives seed+water B: weight 3; gives shade C: weight 3; gives water+shade D: weight 1; gives seed E: weight 6; gives seed+water+shade F: weight 1; gives water Packing order Capacity 6; must cover seed, water, shade. Use the lightest complete kit. Each card once. Write chosen card IDs alphabetically, with hyphens.

Clue 2 of 6

Record

Use the seed requests and carrier ledger to follow the completed record. Match printed keys, then report the requested field. A planned or cancelled entry cannot prove a move.

Seed Parcel Carriers: Use the seed requests and carrier ledger to follow the completed record. Match printed keys, then report the requested field. A planned or cancelled entry cannot prove a move.
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Seed requests item: Seed | tag: PINE | status: cancelled item: Mat | tag: WAVE | status: draft item: Cup | tag: STAR | status: checked Carrier ledger tag: STAR | bay: NORTH tag: PINE | bay: EAST tag: WAVE | bay: WEST Cross-check Match A.tag to B.tag. A.status is not cancelled. A.status is not draft. Report B.bay.

Clue 3 of 6

Order

Arrange the four event cards using every witness note. "Immediately before" means there is no event between them. Report the requested position after the whole order has been checked.

Seed Parcel Carriers: Arrange the four event cards using every witness note. "Immediately before" means there is no event between them. Report the requested position after the whole order has been checked.
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Event cards A: Pack kits B: Sort seeds C: Weigh parcel D: Read needs Witness notes A is before C. D is before A. B is before D. Report the event ID in position 2.

Clue 4 of 6

Signal

Recover the complete desk-signal legend from the training cards. Compare which signals and words appear together across the cards; word order on a card is not a clue. Decode the received message in order. The desk uses this message when handling the seed parcels.

Seed Parcel Carriers: Recover the complete desk-signal legend from the training cards. Compare which signals and words appear together across the cards; word order on a card is not a clue. Decode the received message in order. The desk uses this message when handling the seed parcels.
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Unlabelled legend Signals: DOT, BAR, ARC, RING. Words: WAIT, SEND, TURN, REST. Each signal has one word; each word is used once. Training messages DOT+BAR+ARC means SEND+TURN+REST (any order) DOT+BAR+RING means SEND+TURN+WAIT (any order) DOT+ARC+RING means SEND+REST+WAIT (any order) Received message RING > BAR Report decoded words in order, with hyphens.

Clue 5 of 6

Habitat

The seed parcel contains a fictional growing-bed request. Use all its light and floor requirements to identify the matching field card. This card sets one condition for the delivery record.

Seed Parcel Carriers: The seed parcel contains a fictional growing-bed request. Use all its light and floor requirements to identify the matching field card. This card sets one condition for the delivery record.
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Fictional field cards FERN: light=shade; floor=dry; entry=wide MOSS: light=sun; floor=damp; entry=narrow REED: light=shade; floor=damp; entry=wide BARK: light=sun; floor=dry; entry=wide Required features light must be shade. floor must be dry. Report the one matching card ID.

Clue 6 of 6

Final

Use each result to recover the load for its leg. At each leg choose the cheapest road that can carry that load. A road with too little capacity is closed to this cargo. Report the five road IDs in journey order.

Seed Parcel Carriers: Use each result to recover the load for its leg. At each leg choose the cheapest road that can carry that load. A road with too little capacity is closed to this cargo. Report the five road IDs in journey order.
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Cargo key, one leg at a time Leg 1 (Kit): C-D=2; A-B=4 Leg 2 (Record): EAST=2; NORTH=4 Leg 3 (Order): D=2; A=4 Leg 4 (Signal): WAIT-SEND=2; WAIT-TURN=4 Leg 5 (Habitat): FERN=2; MOSS=4 Roads: load capacity / travel cost 1: A 3/2 | B 6/4 2: D 6/4 | C 3/2 3: E 3/2 | F 6/4 4: H 6/4 | G 3/2 5: J 3/2 | K 6/4 Route rule Choose the cheapest road carrying each load. Report the five road IDs in leg order, with hyphens.

Start after: Kit, Record, Order, Signal, Habitat

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