Use these after the day's main try or when a safe actual source is unavailable. Each short case is authored fiction unless an adult replaces it with a dated, preflighted local source and records the genuine result. The “worked answer” models reasoning, not a fact about classroom objects. No fixed learner-style assignment, forced contact or family disclosure.
Day 11
- Parcel desk: “Will this approved broad parcel prop slide after one gentle release on our flat mat?” Worked: checkable only after a safe source/action is specified; do not answer before a try.
- Story map: “I like the blue delivery arrow best.” Worked: a preference, not a movement question. Recast: “What would this arrow mean if we first observed a real prop move?”
Day 12
- Book trolley model: A drawing shows a trolley icon but no moving trolley. Worked: mark START/CATCH and ask for a safe adult-led actual source; the drawing alone is NOT TESTED.
- Craft table: A large light sponge prop is approved; a hard bead is also suggested. Worked: choose only the approved broad prop and adult catch, subject to site preflight; refuse the bead method.
Day 13
- Theatre prop: A fictional script says “soft square prop stayed beside START.” Worked: this is a story sentence, not our observed result; mark MODEL until an actual dated try occurs.
- Quiet table: Adult reports an approved broad object stopped at the centre of the lane while child did not see it. Worked: record ADULT REPORT and exact source/date/action; never call it the child's direct sight.
Day 14
- Train map: An invented line from station A to B has one arrow. Worked: the arrow shows a drawn direction; it supplies no real train movement, speed or time.
- Game board: A dated actual log says an approved prop did not move on a gentle release. Worked: a “did not move in this try” label is more accurate than drawing a travelling arrow.
Day 15
- Garden path drawing: Two printed arrows point away from START. Worked: the marks show two depicted directions, not two actual objects or observed paths.
- Music studio prop: Ask “Would this approved broad cushion stop near START on the flat mat?” Worked: a prediction is allowed; result stays NOT TESTED until a safe local release.
Day 16
- Toy workshop: Fictional A is a soft disk, B a soft cube, but A is also smaller. Worked: invented endpoints cannot isolate shape; size differs too.
- Parcel chute idea: Two actual approved props might be same verified material and size but different shape. Worked: plan same start/surface/release, record result only after safe tries, then say “in these tries”.
Day 17
- Art rollers: Drawn large/small circles both have no material label. Worked: the drawing can compare shown sizes, not verify real material or movement.
- Puppet stage: Two verified same-material broad cylinders differ in size, but one gets pushed harder. Worked: the release changed as well; observed stop difference cannot be credited to size alone.
Day 18
- Costume box: One shiny flat prop and one dull round prop stop differently in a fictional log. Worked: neither verified material nor shape is controlled, so cause is unknown.
- Repair bench: Two safe broad discs are same size/shape with verified different materials; adult can release each gently on one mat. Worked: this is a reasonable plan, not a result; record actual outcomes and any weight/finish difference if a real try occurs.
Day 19
- Library display: A child only has Model N. Worked report: “The invented records have different stop labels. I cannot say what our objects did or which factor caused it.”
- Sports equipment: A real dated safe trial log has one object/result but no second object. Worked report: tell what that object did in that try; do not present a two-object comparison.
Day 20
- Post room: Two imaginary envelopes have different arrows but no release details. Worked: compare drawings only; no local movement or material influence established.
- Making table: A teacher proposes a new broad pair but has not checked materials. Worked: label material UNKNOWN, seek verification and safety approval before a material comparison; keep results blank.
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