Science · ten 25-minute scripts, Days 41–50Foundation Science · T1 W9–10 · Lesson sequence

Before the week, read real-record safety and complete original fictional sources. Each day has 3 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 4 + 2 = 25 minutes and three flexible same-target routes. Use only genuinely dated school-approved earlier Science work or a clearly dated new safe observation; never reconstruct a child's old prediction or result. If neither exists, write REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE and work with labelled fiction for source reasoning only. A maths display of twelve material-word cards is not a Science investigation record. The fresh checks stay separate until the first independent response; family prompts are entirely optional.

Week 9 · Day 41 — Which record tells us what really happened?

Goal: identify source/date/access and separate an actual dated Science record from a fictional story result. Proposed codes: AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03. Prepare: one approved real earlier log if present, fictional Notebook N, source-gate, Card 41.

1. Source boundary · 3 min. Offer an actual school-approved dated log privately; if unavailable mark REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE. Do not expose named child work to peers.
2. Read · 4 min. Read Notebook N in full with FICTIONAL label and, separately, the actual log's exact source/date/action/result if one exists.
3. Model · 5 min. Teacher puts STORY RESULT under MODEL and genuine dated action/result under ACTUAL; an adult description stays ADULT REPORT, not the child's own direct sense.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 41 routes ask child to sort source labels, name one supported statement from their actual source or one drawn/story statement from N, and one unknown. Adult records exact words/support.
5. Check · 4 min. Offer “The story's tile stopped at the middle in our room.” Child corrects to “the author writes that” and names missing real event.
6. Exit · 2 min. Choose an actual record for Day 42 or keep MODEL ONLY.

Week 9 · Day 42 — Put a question, prediction and observation on display

Goal: construct a three-part source-labelled Science display without turning a fictional or missing result into actual evidence. Proposed codes: AC9SFI01, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI04. Prepare: real dated log if available, evidence-display, Notebook N, Card 42.

1. Choose source · 3 min. Confirm exact actual record/date and privacy permission. If missing, use N as an invented teaching example only.
2. Read fields · 4 min. Find question, prediction timing, action, result and unknown. An absent earlier prediction is written NOT RECORDED, never guessed.
3. Model · 5 min. Teacher displays N's question, story prediction and story result with MODEL labels; explains a story comparison is reading, not actual AC9SFI04 evidence.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 42 routes place the child's actual record in the six-box mat or label all N fields FICTIONAL. Keep actual date/source next to result; a photo remains PHOTO.
5. Check · 4 min. Ask what the display leaves out (release, surface, support, hidden part or other condition specific to source). Child adds UNKNOWN rather than inventing it.
6. Exit · 2 min. Save the display privately or use a de-identified teacher copy with consent.

Week 9 · Day 43 — Do two records answer the same question?

Goal: judge whether two dated actual Science records are comparable, then make a cautious same/different/insufficient statement. Proposed codes: AC9SFI03, AC9SFI04. Prepare: two school-approved earlier records if available, compare-records, Model marks M, Card 43.

1. Pair gate · 3 min. Adult checks source/date and whether both records describe the same object/property/question under relevant similar conditions; if not, label INCOMPARABLE.
2. Read · 4 min. Name A/B actions and access routes exactly; if only one actual record exists, keep B NOT AVAILABLE.
3. Model · 5 min. Put two invented M diagrams side by side. Teacher says their marks can be compared as drawings, but no actual plant, motion or material event is proved.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 43 routes ask what stays same/differs in actual A/B, whether the results can answer one question, or why evidence is insufficient. Do not mix model M with an actual set.
5. Check · 4 min. Offer “Both pages have arrows so both real objects moved.” Child identifies diagrams/records and required actual actions.
6. Exit · 2 min. Keep one bounded A/B sentence or a clear reason not to compare.

Week 9 · Day 44 — Can another person follow our evidence?

Goal: share a source-bounded explanation and revise wording only in response to actual evidence or real listener feedback. Proposed codes: AC9SFH01, AC9SFI05. Prepare: Day 42/43 display or fictional N, Model exchange E, next-question, Card 44.

1. Source gate · 3 min. Check what the child's display actually contains and who may see it; private teacher audience is enough.
2. Model · 4 min. Read E as invented dialogue. The reader's question is not feedback from this classroom.
3. Rehearse · 5 min. Teacher models a claim with exact source and limit: “This record says … under these conditions; it does not tell …”. Do not claim “we observed” from N.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 44 routes let child explain to a consenting listener or teacher privately, then ask what source helped. Record actual listener words only if they occur.
5. Revise/check · 4 min. If actual feedback identifies ambiguity, child may revise one phrase; if no listener response, write NO ACTUAL LISTENER RESPONSE and revise only from source review.
6. Exit · 2 min. Save original and revised wording separately; do not invent learning gain.

Week 9 · Day 45 — Fresh source-and-display check

Goal: independently identify an unseen source, build a bounded question/result/unknown display, and reject a paper claim as real evidence. Proposed codes: AC9SFI01, AC9SFI02, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI05. Prepare: teacher-held Day 45 check, blank source/display aids, Card 45 only afterward.

1. Welcome · 3 min. Explain this small check informs teaching; offer direct view, attributed adult report, paper-only and pass.
2. Retrieve · 4 min. Revisit known N's source label only, without showing held case.
3. Fresh source · 5 min. Present a new approved safe object/view if available or unseen invented paper display; name local date/access or model-use date.
4. First independent response · 7 min. Child identifies source, poses a safe question, records what is actually observed or drawn, and one unknown. Save exact first response/prompt before teaching.
5. Bound · 4 min. Child chooses DIRECT / ADULT REPORT / PHOTO / MODEL and says whether an actual investigation occurred. Paper-only route stays REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
6. Close · 2 min. Use separate key for next move; release Card 45 practice afterward.

Week 10 · Day 46 — Did our prediction match the record?

Goal: compare a genuinely earlier prediction with actual observation if both are recorded, or state why comparison is not available. Proposed codes: AC9SFI01, AC9SFI04. Prepare: one actual dated prior prediction/result pair if present, Notebook N for model-only reading, Card 46.

1. Source gate · 3 min. Confirm prediction timestamp/order and actual action/result. If prediction was not recorded before action, mark NOT AVAILABLE rather than fabricate it.
2. Read · 4 min. Adult reads exact earlier words and actual result or model N with FICTIONAL label.
3. Model · 5 min. Teacher compares N's prediction/result inside the story, then says it is not evidence that a classroom child observed movement.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 46 routes mark SAME / DIFFERENT / CANNOT COMPARE for an actual pair, with reason and source/date. A changed idea is recorded as today's idea, not an invented historical prediction.
5. Check · 4 min. Ask “Was a different prediction wrong?” Child explains predictions are checked against results, not judged as effort or intelligence.
6. Exit · 2 min. Write one question the actual record still leaves open.

Week 10 · Day 47 — Change one question, plan a safe next check

Goal: pose a next safe question tied to an existing actual result and specify the source/action needed without predicting an invented outcome. Proposed codes: AC9SFH01, AC9SFI01, AC9SFI02. Prepare: one actual earlier log or N model, next-question, Card 47.

1. Source · 3 min. Name actual dated record or MODEL ONLY. If a prior attempt was unsafe/unavailable, do not promise to repeat it.
2. Unknown · 4 min. Child identifies one precise unknown from that source, such as a hidden feature, a second movement condition or a material part.
3. Model · 5 min. Teacher turns N's missing flat-lane surface into a future safe question; it remains NOT TESTED without an approved real trial.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 47 asks child to choose a safe source/method and state what to keep the same or what new evidence would help, with adult preflight in future.
5. Check · 4 min. Child separates their prediction from a result box and names local approval, access or privacy need; no unsupervised home experiment is assigned.
6. Exit · 2 min. Save one feasible next teaching invitation, not a promised outcome.

Week 10 · Day 48 — Will the same evidence rule work in a new topic?

Goal: apply source/unknown reasoning to plant/animal feature, object movement and material-property examples, without treating invented marks as events. Proposed codes: AC9SFU01, AC9SFU02, AC9SFU03, AC9SFI03. Prepare: Model marks M1/M2/M3, source choice S, actual records only if available, Card 48.

1. Label · 3 min. Present M1/M2/M3 as invented drawings. No local plant, moving object or surface is supplied by them.
2. Read · 4 min. Child identifies one exact drawn mark on each and selects the source type MODEL.
3. Model · 5 min. Teacher chooses M2: “The arrow points right. To say how a real object moved, I need an approved actual dated trial.” Repeat source logic, not a new science fact.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 48 routes ask one safe question for each domain and choose what real source could answer it. If a real dated earlier record exists, child may link it separately with exact provenance.
5. Check · 4 min. Offer “M1 proves this species has two leaves.” Child repairs to drawing marks and unknown species/real features.
6. Exit · 2 min. Child names which of the three needs a future local observation; do not credit content codes from drawings alone.

Week 10 · Day 49 — Make a private Science handover

Goal: select one or two actual dated Science samples where available, say what each demonstrates and what remains unobserved, and choose a next teaching move. Proposed codes: AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI05. Prepare: private school-approved records, handover page, Card 49.

1. Privacy gate · 3 min. Teacher retrieves only approved child work privately; if none exists, a new response today is labelled NEW EVIDENCE or model-only, not an old achievement.
2. Choose · 4 min. Child chooses up to two real source-linked pieces or says they prefer one; no ranking against peers.
3. Model · 5 min. Teacher uses fictional E to show “I can say what the drawing shows; I cannot claim a class result.” No imagined growth line.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 49 routes invite child to show actual source/date, what they did or reported, support/access and an unknown; adult scribes exact response.
5. Next move · 4 min. Teacher identifies one safe invitation based on available evidence; NOT OBSERVED means evidence is missing, not the child cannot do it.
6. Exit · 2 min. Keep the handover in school custody; family sharing only via school-approved private channels.

Week 10 · Day 50 — Fresh end-of-term source transfer check

Goal: independently make a source-bounded claim, reject an unsupported fictional result, and choose an honest next question. Proposed codes: AC9SFI01, AC9SFI02, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI04, AC9SFI05. Prepare: unseen Day 50 teacher check, blank display/handover, Card 50 only afterward.

1. Welcome · 3 min. State that one check informs the next lessons; it does not certify Science for the year. Offer private, no-touch, adult-report, paper and pass routes.
2. Retrieve · 4 min. Review only general source labels from S, not the held object/model or answer.
3. Fresh source · 5 min. Introduce a newly approved local object/source if possible, or an unseen invented two-part source; mark date/access accurately.
4. First independent response · 7 min. Child names source, one exact feature or model mark, one safe question/prediction, and what is unobserved. If actual trial occurs, save result separately; no prewritten outcome.
5. Bound · 4 min. Child compares prediction only with actual later result, not invented text; chooses one safe follow-up.
6. Close · 2 min. Use separate key. The handover draws on multiple suitable samples when available, not this check alone.

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