Twenty worked interest swaps · optional, never…Foundation Science · T3 W29–30 · Optional Practice

These short contexts let a teacher reconnect the same daily Science target to a child's interest. All named scenes below are invented drawings unless a separately approved real source is documented. A model report is not a real organism observation, and a worked report is not the child's independent answer. Read source status aloud every time. Choose zero, one or both after the core lesson.

Day 141

1. Garden poster. A paper poster shows a leaf with a round end and an invented bird puppet with a pointed beak mark. Worked report: “I see different outside marks on two drawings; I did not observe an actual plant or bird.”
2. Toy theatre. A drawing shows a stalk with two oval marks and a cardboard creature mask with two triangle marks. Worked report: “These are drawn external marks; the mask does not verify an animal feature.”

Day 142

1. Space story. Four imaginary planet-garden characters have either pointed or curved outer marks. Worked report: “Under the stated point/curve picture rule, I sort by visible ends, not by the story's character names.”
2. Sports badge. Four paper team badges have point or curve outlines. Worked report: “First name the outline rule, then place each badge; a badge is not a living source.”

Day 143

1. School path. Two approved distinct plants are visible from a path and two separate rights-cleared animal photos are prepared. Worked report: “P1/P2 are dated local views; A1/A2 are attributed photos. I record only the feature visible in each.”
2. Rainy-day room. Outdoor approval is withdrawn; teacher has only N paper drawings. Worked report: “REAL OBSERVATION NOT AVAILABLE. I can still practise model feature words without filling an actual log.”

Day 144

1. Costume parade. A fictional plant costume and an animal puppet both have triangular outer marks. Worked report: “A triangle alone cannot decide the author's two costume labels; the plant costume is a counterexample.”
2. Sticker book. A leaf sticker and an ear sticker both end in a point on an invented page. Worked report: “Pointed describes this drawn outline; it does not make both pictured parts ears.”

Day 145

1. After the first check, garden shop. A toy catalogue's broad rule fails when a fictional plant drawing shares a curved edge with its animal puppet. Worked report: “Name the contrary labelled drawing and narrow the paper-only rule.”
2. After the first check, comic. A panel makes a broad claim from one mark, while another panel has the same mark under a different author label. Worked report: “The second panel blocks the broad claim; neither panel proves a real organism fact.”

Day 146

1. Train carriages. Four paper passengers can be grouped by hat outline or by ticket icon. Worked report: “The passengers did not change; two different stated visible rules made two sorts.”
2. Garden notebook. N2 is with N3 for pointed marks but with N1 for stem-and-leaf marks. Worked report: “I name the rule before each pair, so both model groupings are understandable.”

Day 147

1. Window view. A fictional tree picture stops at the trunk base. Worked report: “Roots are not visible in the picture; it cannot show whether a real tree has them.”
2. Pet-photo crop. A rights-unknown invented photo sketch frames only a puppet's head. Worked report: “Feet are outside this invented frame; I do not say the puppet has no feet.”

Day 148

1. Approved flower view. Before seeing a school-approved safe plant view, a child predicts “I may see a pointed leaf tip”; after the view, the adult records what was actually visible. Worked report: “Only a recorded earlier prediction and later real view permit a genuine comparison; no result is supplied here.”
2. Surprise paper flap. Before revealing N4, predict a point or round mark. Worked report: “I can compare my model prediction with an invented drawing; this is not AC9SFI02 real sensory investigation.”

Day 149

1. Museum label. A fictional display label says “every pointed picture is an animal.” Worked report: “I can privately explain N2's pointy leaf counterexample and call the source an invented display.”
2. Friend's question. A willing classmate asks whether N2 changed group between two sorts. Worked report: “No; our stated feature rule changed. Record the classmate's actual reply only if they really said it.”

Day 150

1. After the first check, map legend. A new made-up legend groups drawings by a visible border, with one crop unclear. Worked report: “Keep unclear outside a forced yes/no bin and identify the author-label counterexample.”
2. After the first check, animal-card game. One invented card lacks a source date and another repeats a crop of the same character. Worked report: “Paper rehearsal does not supply two distinct real animals; request verified separate sources.”

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