Skip to content← All paths- 1.P&P-22The Block You've Never SeenPhilosophy & Psychology~21 minWhy can you walk past something every day and never see it? Your brain shows you what you're looking for and quietly drops the rest, and one walk around the block proves it.
- 2.L&C-16Signs You Can Read Without ReadingLanguage & Communication~19 minCan you understand a sign without reading it? Street signs are designed to speak in shape and colour first, and one walk around the block shows how much you already understand before you read a word.
- 3.GEO-22The Rock Collection on Your StreetGeography~21 minIs anything on your street made of rock? Nearly all of it, and the grains in each stone tell you whether it cooled from melted rock, settled as sand or grew from sea shells.
- 4.BIO-20The Bugs That Signed Their WorkBiology & Nature~20 minWhere are all the bugs on your street? Most are hiding, so you find them the way naturalists do: by the bites, tunnels, webs and trails they leave behind.
- 5.BIO-21The Map You Draw With Your EarsBiology & Nature~22 minHow do you know where a sound is coming from with your eyes closed? Your two ears hear it a tiny fraction of a second apart, and your brain turns that gap into a direction.
- 6.BIO-22The Dog's NewspaperBiology & Nature~23 minWhat does a dog get out of sniffing every lamp post? A smell fades as it spreads, so a good nose reads who passed, which way they went and roughly how long ago.
- 7.BIO-23The Forest Waiting in the CracksBiology & Nature~19 minWhy do plants grow out of cracks in the pavement? Seeds land everywhere, the toughest move in first and build soil for the next, and every crack is the first step of a forest.
- 8.S&CT-19The Path Nobody PlannedStatistics & Critical Thinking~21 minWhat can a street tell you about the people who use it? Every worn patch and mark is evidence, and a good detective writes down what they see, what they think, and what else could explain it.
- 9.MATH-21Why the Manhole Cover Is RoundMath~22 minWhy are manhole covers round and cranes full of triangles? Every shape on your street was picked for a job, and two paper tests at home prove why.
- 10.T&E-28The City Under the PavementTechnology & Engineering~20 minWhat's under the road? A whole second street of pipes and cables, and every lid, box, pole and painted mark on the pavement is a clue to where they run.
- 11.H&C-19The Oldest Thing on Our StreetHistory & Civics~20 minWhat's the oldest thing on your street? Even without dates, you can put everything in order: whatever sits on top of, cuts through or is built around something else came after it.
- 12.P&A-68Every Shadow Points the Same WayPhysics & Astronomy~21 minDo shadows all point the same way? From the Sun they do, because its light arrives in parallel lines, and a stick in the ground can turn that into a compass and a clock.
- 13.P&P-23Your Turn to Lead the WalkPhilosophy & Psychology~20 minHow do you get someone to see what you see? You steer their attention by pointing, naming and giving them a reason to look, and on this walk the kid is the guide.