Episode
Mole Playing or Role-Playing?
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- Oct 16, 2025
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- 1114
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Summary
Episode Description: Max and Molly suspect their teachers, Mr. Avogadro and Mr. Zimmer, of plotting to change history—only to discover the two are secretly obsessed with role-playing games! Their investigation takes them back to 13th-century France, where they explore Carcassonne’s ancient walled city, stomp grapes, and calculate area, circumference, and distance using math. Math Concepts: Unit conversion (kilometers to miles); Circumference and radius of a circle; Area of a circle; Ratios and averages; Time and rate calculations History/Geography Concepts: The medieval walled city of Carcassonne, France (origins around 3500 BCE); French unification under the crown (mid-13th century)Pre-printing press communication (town criers, hand-copied letters)