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Construction Works · ages 10–12

Learn to build. Make what lasts.

Construction is planning, problem-solving, using tools, reading plans, working as a team, and watching an idea turn into something real. Carmen and the crew don't hand out a career quiz. You find your fit by noticing, making, fixing, and building.

See the 20 missionsExplore career lanes

Carmen the carpenter, hammer in hand Connor the concrete contractor Mrs. Hayes in her safety vest
Hands-on missions
20
Skill levels
5
Career lanes
12
Path built by
The learner
00 · The big idea

Feel capable first. See the route second.

This is career exploration: drawings, tabletop models, and supervised, age-appropriate practice. It builds the habits real training asks for. It is not an apprenticeship and doesn't award a credential.

Carmen's rule: measure twice, ask once, then build.

I'm good at this. I like working this way. There are real careers here, and I can see how to get there.

What a learner should be able to say
01 · Career map

One industry, twelve ways in

Builders and craftspeople, planners, problem-solvers, and business owners all have a lane. Pick one that sounds like you and see how that work gets done.

  • Carmenbuilds it
  • Amirdesigns it
  • Salvadorlays it out
  • Connorruns the job
  • Mrs. Hayeskeeps it safe

Tap through all 12 lanes

02 · Curriculum path

Twenty missions. One growing skill set.

Start with Mission 01 and mark what you explore. Your progress saves on the device you use, so each kid's path is their own.

Open the mission tracker

All 20 missions, filterable by level from Basic to Pre-apprentice, with a progress bar that fills as you go.

Start Mission 01
Two kids assembling the balsa model from Kit #1.
03 · How you grow

Five levels, each one building on the last

  • 01BasicI can identify it.
  • 02ModerateI can do it.
  • 03IntermediateI understand why.
  • 04AdvancedI can solve problems.
  • 05Pre-apprenticeI can be trusted with it.
04 · The finish line

From customer brief to final walkthrough

By Mission 20, teams take on a small-scale building challenge and run it start to finish:

  • Measure
  • Plan
  • Estimate
  • Build the model
  • Clean up
  • Inspect
  • Explain the result

I prepare carefully, check my work, and ask for help when I need it.

Where a learner ends up

Find it in the real world

A crane sets roof trusses on a new house. Who planned the lift? Who framed the walls it sits on? Who's keeping the site safe?

Start with the bucket. Build the house first.

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