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Twenty worked context swaps · two per dayFoundation Science · T1 W9–10 · Optional Practice

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These are original fictional paper cases unless a teacher explicitly replaces them with a safe approved dated actual source and logs the genuine result. The worked answer models source reasoning, not a classroom finding. No private child/family data, purchases, photo upload or unsafe home experiment.

Day 41

  1. Parcel office: A story card says a broad parcel slid to the middle. Worked: the author reports a fictional event; no local object, date or observed movement exists.
  2. Garden notebook: A dated teacher-approved live plant record shows one visible oval leaf outline. Worked: cite the exact record if real; do not claim an unseen root or a species from the outline.

Day 42

  1. Book cart: A genuine earlier safe movement log has a result but no written pre-action prediction. Worked: display result/source/date and write PREDICTION NOT RECORDED, not a guess.
  2. Art-table story: A fictional material test gives question, prediction and story result. Worked: place all three under MODEL; do not award actual safe-investigation evidence.

Day 43

  1. Toy workshop: Two real logs use different object sizes and different release surfaces. Worked: describe both exact results but mark cause/comparison limited by changed conditions.
  2. Nature shelf: One source is a real live plant view and one a drawn plant-like card. Worked: compare visible marks/source types as such; do not claim two live plant observations.

Day 44

  1. Library exhibition: A fictional listener asks “Which date?” in a script. Worked: that is invented dialogue, not actual classroom feedback; a display needs its real date if claiming an observation.
  2. Paper science board: A real consenting teacher asks a child what a symbol means. Worked: record the actual words and child's explanation; revise only if the source or real question supports it.

Day 45

  1. Train map: A drawn arrow points east on a paper route. Worked: it shows direction in the drawing; no train, actual speed or local movement is established.
  2. Maker table: An approved broad object has no verified material label. Worked: record the exact visible feature and UNKNOWN material until a trustworthy source verifies it.

Day 46

  1. Stage prop: Prior prediction says “stays”; actual dated safe record says “turned once.” Worked: DIFFERENT in that documented try, with conditions; no child failure or universal rule.
  2. Photo album: A photograph is labelled with date viewed but no original source/creator. Worked: describe the shown photo marks cautiously and leave rights/provenance incomplete; do not publish or call it a live view.

Day 47

  1. Sports equipment: One dated object-motion record lacks lane-surface detail. Worked: next question may hold surface constant in a future approved trial; do not invent the earlier surface.
  2. Craft screen: A material-view log says CANNOT TELL because of glare. Worked: plan a safe consistent viewing position/room light and ask again later; do not fill a visibility result now.

Day 48

  1. Story forest: A made-up animal drawing has two marks below an oval. Worked: describe marks, not verified legs, species or behaviour; a safe real animal view/photo source would be needed.
  2. Post desk: An invented after-wipe line is thinner than a before-line. Worked: drawing comparison is valid, but no physical surface was wiped; plan a locally approved actual test if useful.

Day 49

  1. Science folder: A child selects an actual dated plant-view card and a model motion arrow. Worked: handover marks one actual source and one MODEL; they are not two real observations.
  2. Workshop journal: No earlier record survives, but the child gives a new careful question today. Worked: label NEW EVIDENCE of question-making; never invent an old “before” sample or growth story.

Day 50

  1. Museum label: A fictional display says “all broad objects roll” from one drawn route. Worked: neither the universal claim nor a real route follows from the drawing; ask about one approved exact object.
  2. School garden plan: A teacher has a safe live plant view but no animal source. Worked: record plant features only; grouping plants and animals remains unobserved until a genuine suitable animal source is available.

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