Science · ten 25-minute scripts, Days 121–130Foundation Science · T3 W25–26 · Lesson sequence

Read the complete F/G/H/J fictional sources and real-view safety gate before teaching. Each day has 3 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 4 + 2 = 25 minutes. Select any same-goal access route and worked optional swap without assigning children a fixed “learning style”. The adult offers a paper route, real observation only after approval, and a no-response/pause route. If no genuine safe event occurs, write REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE and use FICTIONAL MODEL sources only for reasoning. ADULT REPORT remains attributed. Hold the fresh Days 125/130 paper checks and separate keys until each child's first independent response.

Week 25 · Day 121 — What do three pictures actually show?

Goal: order the three pictured positions and name one movement detail missing between them. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (representation only), AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03. Prepare: three stills, F's exact text, Card 121.

1. Source · 3 min. Display FICTIONAL MODEL F; keep any actual-class result line marked REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
2. Look/read · 4 min. Point or read START left, MIDDLE centre, FINISH right. Name the same square in each frame without adding an arrow.
3. Adult model · 5 min. Say “I can see three positions. I cannot see the whole movement between these pictures.” Show a closed hand over the gap, not a pretend result.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 121 routes order all three and state or select one unseen detail: route, pause, lift or speed. Scribe exact first wording.
5. Probe · 4 min. Ask, “Would these three stills prove the square never stopped?” Invite a source-bounded correction.
6. Exit · 2 min. Save source MODEL, ordered positions and the child's unknown. Do not credit real movement observation.

Week 25 · Day 122 — Can different routes fit the same pictures?

Goal: compare two possible drawn paths and explain why the stills alone do not select one. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (representation only), AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03. Prepare: solid/dashed route picture, F and G, Card 122.

1. Recall · 3 min. Revisit F's three stations; label all paper paths FICTIONAL MODEL.
2. Trace · 4 min. Read G's solid horizontal route, then dashed upper-bend route in that order.
3. Adult model · 5 min. Cover the connecting lines: both routes now leave the same three station pictures. A still cannot reveal which connecting path was taken.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 122 routes trace, describe or direct both routes; child points to the same three stations and states “both could fit” or equivalent.
5. Probe · 4 min. Ask if a bend in a drawing proves an actual square turned. Record “model only” or repair with a neutral prompt.
6. Exit · 2 min. Keep two possible routes, no selected real route.

Week 25 · Day 123 — Ask before the square moves

Goal: ask one observable path question and record a prediction before any approved actual event. Proposed codes: AC9SFH01, AC9SFI01, AC9SFU02 (conditional). Prepare: real-view plan, F/G, exact local approval decision, Card 123.

1. Safety choice · 3 min. Adult records APPROVED / NOT APPROVED and whether a safe view is genuinely available. No timetable pressure to run one.
2. Ask · 4 min. Contrast “Will the pad pause at MIDDLE?” with “Is this the best game?” The first has a visible event to check.
3. Model · 5 min. Adult says “Before any real movement, I predict a pause might happen”; label it a prediction, not a result.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 123 routes create an observable question and own earlier prediction or choose NO PREDICTION. Record order and exact words.
5. Probe · 4 min. Ask whether F's last frame answers the pause question; child names need for an approved full-path view.
6. Exit · 2 min. Store the question and prior status separately from future raw results.

Week 25 · Day 124 — Watch a whole path, if safe

Goal: distinguish a genuinely observed adult-controlled movement from pictured positions and represent the raw path or its hidden part. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 and AC9SFI02 (only for actual direct safe observation), AC9SFI03. Prepare: locally pretested approved large pad/table or F/G paper only, blank path record, Card 124.

1. Gate · 3 min. Confirm approval, local date, exact apparatus, adult movement, clear access and stop rule. Otherwise mark REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
2. Before · 4 min. Revisit the child's true prior prediction if one exists; otherwise write NO PRIOR PREDICTION. Keep F/G labelled MODEL.
3. Adult action · 5 min. If approved, adult slowly moves the large pad on the level surface while children may choose a direct safe view; stop at interruption. If not, read F/G; never mime a real result.
4. Raw record · 7 min. Card 124 routes capture what was directly seen, including START, path, pause/turn/stop or PATH NOT SEEN. Attribute any neutral ADULT REPORT exactly.
5. Source check · 4 min. Ask which statement came from today's actual event and which from F/G. Avoid assuming the pad followed either drawn route.
6. Exit · 2 min. File actual date/source/access or model-only note; no fixed class outcome is supplied.

Week 25 · Day 125 — Fresh still-picture check

Goal: independently identify what a new three-frame paper case shows and what it cannot show. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (representation only), AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03. Prepare: unseen teacher-held Case AB, blank claim mat, Card 125 only after response.

1. Preflight · 3 min. Confirm AB has not appeared in lessons, swaps or print aids; choose literal read-aloud, large print, AAC or broad fixed tactile route.
2. Present · 4 min. Read the complete FICTIONAL PAPER CASE once; do not point to its missing route detail.
3. Think · 5 min. Offer quiet independent time; log a neutral exact reread if requested.
4. First independent response · 7 min. Child orders the pictured positions, says what remains unknown and proposes a safe real source. Record first words/access/prompts before feedback.
5. Bound · 4 min. Ask what would need to be actually observed and dated to know a real route. Paper-only remains REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
6. Close · 2 min. Use separate key afterwards for the next teaching move; Card 125 comes later.

Week 26 · Day 126 — What does an observer's sentence add?

Goal: read H's invented full-path log without turning its words into a real local observation. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (model reading), AC9SFH01, AC9SFI03. Prepare: H exact text, blank path record, Card 126.

1. Label · 3 min. State H is FICTIONAL MODEL; a pretend observer's sentence is not today's witness.
2. Read · 4 min. Read the prediction first, then H's stop/turn description and the separate shadow-hidden line-contact note.
3. Adult model · 5 min. Place STOPPED AT MIDDLE in the model-text field, but NOT SEEN for exact line contact. Both can coexist.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 126 routes restate one exact described action and one unseen detail with H as the source.
5. Probe · 4 min. Ask whether H means a real classroom pad stopped. Child restores the MODEL label and actual-source gap.
6. Exit · 2 min. Save cautious model account; no local motion score.

Week 26 · Day 127 — Compare a prediction with an observation

Goal: compare an actually prior prediction with a genuine observed result if available, or explain why a model cannot substitute. Proposed codes: AC9SFI01, AC9SFI04 (actual prior/result only), AC9SFI03. Prepare: true dated Day 124 record if one exists or H alone, path record, Card 127.

1. Source · 3 min. Separate genuine dated actual record, attributed ADULT REPORT and H FICTIONAL MODEL.
2. Prior status · 4 min. Find the child's prediction timestamp/order before real action or write NO PRIOR PREDICTION.
3. Adult model · 5 min. Within H only, compare pretend “no stop” with invented “stopped at MIDDLE”, clearly saying MODEL.
4. Child try · 7 min. Card 127 routes compare the child's real earlier words with their actual observed path if both exist; otherwise explain why comparison is unavailable and use H for model reading.
5. Probe · 4 min. Ask whether a prediction made after seeing the pad can be counted as prior. Record repair, not a guessed earlier prediction.
6. Exit · 2 min. Keep SAME / DIFFERENT / UNCLEAR / CANNOT COMPARE with explicit source.

Week 26 · Day 128 — Two tries can differ; keep both

Goal: preserve raw attempts and interruptions without manufacturing a pattern or cause. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (conditional), AC9SFI02 (actual only), AC9SFI03. Prepare: blank paired-attempt mat, local adult safety gate, Card 128.

1. Gate · 3 min. Recheck approval and whether one or two genuine slow adult movements are safe; a single actual try is enough to stop.
2. Conditions · 4 min. Name same pad/table/start if actual. If the adult chooses a different hand path, record the action change explicitly; do not claim a material cause.
3. Adult action/model · 5 min. Perform only approved tries with adult control and stop for interruption, or read G's two possible fictional routes without claiming they happened.
4. Child raw record · 7 min. Card 128 routes log TRY 1 and TRY 2 separately as VALID / INTERRUPTED / NOT RUN, path if truly seen, source/date/access. No blank is silently filled.
5. Probe · 4 min. Ask if a second path proves pad material caused a bend. Child identifies adult action/insufficient control.
6. Exit · 2 min. Keep mixed/one/no trial statuses visible; no pattern from two imagined routes.

Week 26 · Day 129 — Make a claim a listener can check

Goal: privately share source, precise movement evidence and one limit. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (conditional), AC9SFH01, AC9SFI05. Prepare: J caption, actual consented dated record if any, claim/listener mat, Card 129.

1. Source/privacy · 3 min. Choose only an approved private actual record or clearly marked F/G/H/J MODEL; no child image or public upload.
2. Read J · 4 min. Read both sentences. First names pictured positions; second asserts straight path, no pause and material cause.
3. Adult model · 5 min. Correct J to “F shows three positions; the route between is unknown.” If using a real record, quote only its raw observed features.
4. Child share · 7 min. Card 129 routes communicate SOURCE → WHAT IT SHOWS → UNKNOWN → NEXT SAFE QUESTION to a chosen adult or willing peer.
5. Listener · 4 min. Log actual listener response only if it occurred; otherwise write NO ACTUAL LISTENER RESPONSE. A rehearsal line is not feedback.
6. Exit · 2 min. Save the child's exact bounded sentence, mode and prompt; no claim of growth.

Week 26 · Day 130 — Fresh movement-source check

Goal: independently interpret a new invented path log, hidden segment and causal overclaim. Proposed codes: AC9SFU02 (model reading), AC9SFH01, AC9SFI01, AC9SFI03, AC9SFI05. Prepare: unseen teacher-held Case AC, blank claim mat, Card 130 only after response.

1. Preflight · 3 min. Keep AC unseen; prepare exact accessible equivalent and private first-response record.
2. Present · 4 min. Read the whole FICTIONAL PAPER CASE once, including hidden interval and source label.
3. Think · 5 min. Allow quiet time; any neutral reread is logged, not used as a hint.
4. First independent response · 7 min. Child identifies exact visible/recorded positions, keeps the hidden route unknown, rejects unsupported cause and offers a safe source question.
5. Boundary · 4 min. Ask what local approval/date/direct observation would be needed for a real claim. Paper-only remains REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE.
6. Close · 2 min. Review the separate key after first response and choose one next teaching step.