Mystery Boxes was our final activity of the winter session. Our John Hersey High School volunteers devised a task for the Olive students to accomplish using only the materials found in boxes of assorted items, including cups, craft sticks, pulleys, gears, washers, bolts and more. The original task was to move a container of water (marbles) up a hillside (ramp) without touching the container. One group, which embraced the concept of simplicity, solved the problem successfully in just a few minutes. We had to change the task to bringing the water uphill and emptying that container into a tank. This took a bit longer.