Snag AcademyPuzzle notes for parents
Each case in Snag Academy asks a child to find one fault in a working system. These notes are for the adult: what the case teaches, why it catches people out, and what to ask afterwards.
The answers sit behind a toggle, so a child reading over your shoulder is not spoiled. Every case described here is free in the app.
First aid
What to put on a burn, and what makes it worse
Butter, toothpaste, ash and ice all make a burn worse, for the same reason. What cool running water does that none of them can.
Why plain water is not enough
Water alone can pass straight through a dehydrated child. Why ORS works, why the sugar is not for energy, and how the salt gets absorbed.
Safety
A smell of gas: what to do, in order
Cooking gas has no smell of its own. The rotten-garlic smell is added on purpose. What to do, in what order, and the one thing that must not happen.
Why strong swimmers still drown
Every sensible precaution can be taken and one still be missing. Why safety kit on the bank is not safety kit, and why real drowning is quiet.
Road safety
The turn nobody saw coming
A cycle can be in perfect condition and still cause a collision. Why a hand signal is a component, and why nobody finds it in an inspection.
Walking them across
Helping an older person cross has a hidden rule most children miss. Why you ask first, and why the same good deed at your speed becomes a danger.
Online safety
How things work
The tap that tingles
A geyser that has worked perfectly for months can still be dangerous. What the earth wire does, why its absence hides, and why a tingle is a warning.
The cooker that never whistles
Steam escaping round the lid and no whistle after thirty minutes points at one part. Why a cooker needs a seal, and what pressure is actually for.
Nature
The plant that was loved too much
Roots drink, but roots also breathe. Why a plant watered three times a day yellows and droops, and the finger test that settles it.
The forest that filled with leaves
Sun, grass, deer, tiger — the food chain most children are taught leaves out the members that make it a cycle. What decomposers actually do.
The kindness that hurt the pond
Bread fills waterbirds without feeding them, and what they miss sinks and rots. How a small kindness, repeated, turns a pond green.
The summer water bowl
A garden can be watered daily and still have nothing a bird can drink. Why a shallow bowl matters more than food in a heatwave, and how to set one up.
There are 63 free cases so far, across Classes 1–12, and more with every update. Open the app →