# Author desk run-through · Foundation Science Weeks 5–6

**Teacher route, Week 5:** Days 21–23 need advance source/safety preflight; two actual safe live plant views and a safe animal view may not all be available on schedule. A rights-cleared animal photograph is a source for shown features with provenance, not live observation. If no such source is ready, the full 25-minute daily route runs with original model marks, but the actual-living-feature evidence gap stays open. Day 24 groups only what was actually source-labelled; Day 25 held sources are unseen by learners before the first response. Timing is six clear steps per day, totalling 25 minutes.

**Teacher route, Week 6:** A broad filled-circle card, stable desk and adult-approved panels can be prepared without buying materials; verify material from source information or write UNKNOWN. Day 26 records prediction before a safe trial, Day 27 tests one layer, Day 28 compares a second and optional two-layer composite, Day 29 makes a purpose-specific choice, Day 30 uses a new symbol/panels or held paper model. Results are never prefilled. Glare, distance, colour, thickness and access changes are documented, and a comparison does not isolate material cause when these differ. No bright light/Sun or face-covering route.

**Child route:** A child can give source/feature/rule or panel result through point, sign, AAC, speech, drawing, secured broad tactile pieces, adult scribe or private answer. Neutral adult description is correctly ADULT REPORT. Fictional models F/G/H/J and fresh R/S paper cases are visibly labelled; they teach interpretation and limits without pretending direct observation. “Cannot tell” and “not tested” are useful answers.

**Assessor route:** Held Day 25 R1 zigzag/curves and R2 diamond/ticks are absent from teaching/practice. Held Day 30 filled chevron and S1/S2 partial-frame drawings are absent from teaching/practice. Each check captures the first independent response and source type before feedback. Neither check has a fixed real feature/visibility answer, and no model is credited as actual living/material evidence.

**Funder/public route:** Exact official rows and current Queensland entry are linked; original texts and vectors have a clear licence. No practising-teacher trial, child-use test, measured gain, state-complete mapping, translated/cultural content, external image licence or accessibility certification is asserted. Site integration and local school review remain separate.

**Mechanical and visual receipt:** [Verifier](verify_pack.py) checks day/time/route/swap/check counts, exact pinned ACARA rows, held separation, local links, six A4 SVG/PDF pairs and SHA manifest. A4 PDFs were rendered and visually inspected at a raster contact-sheet size. Repeat after edits. This is an author desk review, not classroom evidence.