Rusty the farm helper has locked the barn pantry at Maple Farm – and the Thanksgiving dinner starts tomorrow! Your students must crack six stations to find the six-digit code and save the feast. Ready to print, no prep, only the bonus code wheel needs scissors.
Skills practiced
- Multi-step word problems, decimals and time
- Secret codes and cipher decoding
- Deductive logic grids
- Coordinates and map skills
- Reading comprehension with text evidence
- Number patterns, shape cycles and magic squares
What’s included (48 pages)
- 6 stations, each in 2 difficulty levels (Level 1 Acorn, Level 2 Harvest) with separate final codes
- Teacher guide with 45-minute lesson plan, set-up checklist and differentiation tips
- 6 station signs, mission page, 6 team role cards and a team code card
- 18 hint cards (3 per station)
- Final lock page with self-check
- 4 bonus puzzles for fast teams + a 5-page Bonus Round (cut-out code wheel, picture sudoku, symbol math, maze, lock logic)
- “Speed Round” mini puzzle cards on the station pages
- Reflection sheet and certificate
- Answer key with step-by-step solutions (also as separate PDF)
Format
- US Letter and A4 (4 PDFs: Letter Color, Letter Low Ink, A4 Color, A4 Low Ink) plus 2 answer key PDFs
- Low Ink version saves printer ink for classroom sets
Good to know
- Time: about 45 minutes · Groups: teams of 3–4 · Needs pencils (plus scissors and a paper fastener for the bonus code wheel)
- Works for classrooms, homeschool, tutoring and group events
File type: ZIP with PDFs (A4 and US Letter, colour and low-ink) plus answer keys.
UK note: written in US English (math, color). A4 PDFs are included. Level labels use US grades (US Grade = UK Year minus 1).
Created by Wunderclue Classroom with the help of AI tools and code-based puzzle generators; every puzzle, solution and page is checked by us before release.
