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Day 93 — What if a run gets interrupted?Foundation Science · T2 W19–20 · Day 93 lesson

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Foundation / Science / Term 2 / Weeks 19 20

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Goal: keep a raw trial record and label an interrupted run without silently treating it as a valid stop. Proposed codes: AC9SFI02, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI05. Prepare: M's fifth entry, four-run sheet, optional adult-pretested apparatus, Card 93.

  1. Safety gate · 3 min. Adult verifies tray, lip, carton, supervision and quiet access, or selects M only. Children may observe or use description without touching.
  2. Read · 4 min. Read M fifth entry: carton tipped and touched the rim. Say it is invented and marked INTERRUPTED.
  3. Model · 5 min. Teacher preserves the raw entry but excludes it from valid-stop comparison; model a cautious reason, not “it would have reached STOP.”
  4. Child try · 7 min. Card 93 routes classify VALID versus INTERRUPTED from a labelled paper entry; if genuine safe rehearsal occurs, record date, apparatus and what actually happened separately.
  5. Check · 4 min. Offer “Cross out the tipped run so our record looks neat.” Child keeps it, labels it, and asks whether a safe repeat is possible.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Save raw/unrevised record; a rehearsal alone is not a four-run comparison.