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6th Grade · Phase Change Engineering Internship

Futura Files:
The BabyWarmer Mission

Futura needs engineers. A portable baby warmer must keep newborns at a healthy temperature without electricity. Can you investigate the clues and defend a design?

See all 24 cases ↓
Illustrated digital-model warmer surrounded by phase-change materials and energy arrows

Your mission: Read a case. Research if needed. Choose an answer, then record a discovery in your science notebook. No rush—come back another day. This is a fictional engineering simulation, not instructions for building a real medical device.

Investigation progress

0 of 3 labeled scientific sketches

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Choose a case file.

Click any number. There is no required order.

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How to investigate

01 / Read and predict

Read the case or use Read aloud. Take a guess based on the clues.

02 / Look for evidence

Research what you do not know. Choose an answer and check the explanation.

03 / Record and return

In your notebook, write the file number, your discovery and why. Draw three labeled science sketches across the 24 cases.