Identify the Guidepost
Science of Breakable Things
Vocabulary
-or, -er, -ist
Second Step
100

When a character realizes something important.

What is an AHA MOMENT?

100

The name of the contraption that Natalie, Twig, and Dari drop at the Egg Drop Contest.

What is S'meggs?

100

To search through things in a hurried and messy way

What is rummage?

100

Calculate

What is calculator?

100

The "S" in S.T.E.P.

What is "Say the Problem"? 

200

When the author repeats a word/phrase or uses an object or image repeatedly.

What is AGAIN & AGAIN?

200

Natalie makes dduk on New Year's. This dish is believed to represent this. 

What is luck?

200

Impossible to understand

What is incomprehensible?

200

Economy

What is economist?

200

The "T" in S.T.E.P.

What is "Think of Solutions"?

300

A reflection by the character that interrupts the forward progress of the story. 

What is MEMORY MOMENT?

300

City where Twig buys the figurine she gives to Natalie.

What is Paris?

300

Something very wrong or unfair

What is a travesty?

300

Speak

What is speaker?

300

The "E" in S.T.E.P.

What is "Explore Consequences"?

400

A sharp difference between what we would expect and what we observe a character doing. 

What is CONTRAST & CONTRADICTION?

400

The U.S. state where the Cobalt Blue Orchid grows.

What is New Mexico?

400

Something unusual or different from what is expected

What is an anomaly?

400

Cartoon

What is cartoonist?

400

The "P" in S.T.E.P.

What is "Pick the Best Solution"?

500

The advice or insight offered to the main character by a more experienced or older character.

What is WORDS OF THE WISER?

500

Type of company that Mr. Neely worked for before becoming a teacher?

What is a pharmaceutical company?

500

Appearing in a large or threatening way

What is looming?
500

Incinerate

What is incinerator?

500

The acronym is used to help students problem-solve when social conflicts arise.

What is S.T.E.P.?