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Welcome to the fictional pebble pond. One pond visitor needs both foods while another can use either, so the food web must be read carefully. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to build the pond-neighbor habitat. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
Start at the available-now line in Pebble-pond food web.
AND needs every input; OR needs one. A circular pair cannot create its first input.
Mark newly supported results in rounds. Repeat until no further result can be marked, then compare only the listed targets.
DART
Start with LEAF+ALGAE. Newly supported in order: NIB+SKIM > DART. DART needs NIB AND SKIM; that rule is met. Other listed targets remain unsupported.
Place a finger on the same feature in each field card.
A "must not" rule removes a match; it does not ask you to look for that feature.
Test every remaining card against all requirements. Explain the particular requirement each rejected card fails.
MOSS
Compare feature values across all field cards. Apply positive and negative requirements together; only one complete feature set remains. Result: MOSS.
Read Visitor tags, Visit seasons, Patch foods and the printed cross-check rules.
The join fields connect records. A shared tag is not enough unless every printed filter also matches.
Keep all rows that pass the filters, follow each join and read only the requested report field. Check which source rejects each near match.
ALGAE
Apply A.status is checked and B.season is RAIN. Join A.tag with B.tag; A.patch with C.patch. The remaining C.food is ALGAE.
Read each supply card and the three required needs.
A light card alone may leave a need uncovered; a shared supply counts for both needs.
Compare complete combinations, adding each chosen card weight once. Reject any combination over the limit before choosing the lightest.
A-B
Compare coverage before weight. Only complete kits qualify; minimize their combined weight and report the selected cards in alphabetical order. Result: A-B.
Look at the training cards that share one signal.
In an unordered pair, a word cannot be assigned by its left/right position. Use the overlap with another pair.
Give each signal a different word, check every training example and only then decode the received message in its printed order.
WAIT-TURN
A consistent one-to-one mapping satisfies every training example. Use the complete mapping to read the two-signal message in order. Result: WAIT-TURN.
Keep the five named results beside the final plan and find the key for each badge.
Each badge controls a different fact, road leg, order note, pulse or habitat layer. Use the matching key exactly once.
Check the completed product against all five recovered facts. If two answers remain, locate the fact that distinguishes them rather than guessing.
R1-F2-W1-D2-E1
Each recovered field result sets one separate habitat requirement. Match all five layers; a complete plan must include suitable cover, ground, water, food and access. Checked result: R1-F2-W1-D2-E1.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.