Button Lab

Button Lab is where Use the Tools Club turns into action. Try a mission, play a tiny game, ask a better question, and make something real.

Colorful illustration of a black fluffy dog and a small green turtle on a wooden deck, with a large sign that says 'Button Lab' and text 'Use the tools. Don't let them use you.' There are various buttons, pens, and potted plants around them, and a motivational poster on the wall that says 'Plan, Think, Create.'

CJSP's Use the Tools Club

Button Lab: Tool or Trap?

Pick the button that keeps you in charge.

Prudence and Mr. Turtle need a sharp thinker! Read each mini-mystery, then choose the button that puts you in charge.

“Use the tools. Don’t let them use you.”

A Use the Tools Club mini-game · Think, check, and create your way.

Mission 001: Ask Better Questions

A Use the Tools Club activity with Prudence and Mr. Turtle

Learn how to ask clearer questions, use a tool, check the answer, and stay in charge.

Start here. This printable Button Lab mission helps kids and grown-ups practice using tools with curiosity, judgment, and imagination.

Download it, print it, and try the mission with a search engine, AI helper, drawing app, music app, camera, notebook, or any tool that helps you make or learn something.

Use the tool. Do not become the tool.

download mission 001