Summary
Two spooky-season cases. In "Safe House in the Woods," the agents have to feed a hungry creature exactly eight quarts of slop — but the one-quart jar shatters, leaving only a three-quart jar and a five-quart jar to measure with. It's a real liquid-measurement puzzle. In "Haunt Squad," the team investigates strange happenings at a creepy old location.
Viewer safety
Light Halloween spookiness — a haunted-house-style case played for laughs. Nothing graphic.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Measuring puzzles show up in real life — like filling exactly the right amount.
- The agents needed 8 quarts but only had a 3-quart and a 5-quart jar. How did they get exactly 8?
- Can you find another combination of jars that would make 8 quarts?
- Why couldn't they just guess the amount?
- What's a time at home you had to measure something carefully (cooking, filling a cup, watering a plant)?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: quart, measure, liquid volume, combine, exact.
Try it: You have a 3-quart jar and a 5-quart jar. Write the addition sentence that makes 8 quarts. Then figure out how to make exactly 6 quarts using the same two jars.