The peek-through workshop
Days 151–160 · ten 25-minute lessons · original teacher draft. Make a little window for a paper puppet. Try different safe materials. Which ones let you see the puppet's big circle? What changes when you add another sheet? Children choose a useful question, make a prediction, observe, record and explain what happened in their own setup.
Start with the five-minute adult setup and complete paper alternative. Then use the daily lessons, three flexible routes for each day and two worked interest choices for each day. Tiny family activities are optional. They need no purchases or evidence uploads.
The window gives the inquiry a purpose. A child can choose a peek-through window for the puppet or a cover that hides it. A successful craft alone is not evidence of Science learning: keep the child's question, material description and actual observation too. These lessons fit beside Week 31's book/sign/screen messages and Week 32's inventory; reading and counting have their own evidence.
Ready-to-use resources
| Resource | What it helps with |
|---|---|
| Puppet and sample mat · SVG | One friendly original puppet; labelled sample places |
| Peek-through setup · SVG | Same target, position and ordinary room light |
| Prediction and view log · SVG | Child's own prediction and actual result |
| One sheet / two sheets · SVG | Compare the same paper sample in a new condition |
| Window parts · SVG | Distinguish the object, its parts and their materials |
| Helper's explanation · SVG | Give a later helper a useful, bounded answer |
| Exact print text and no-print routes | Read-aloud, tactile and child-directed alternatives |
| Offline pretend window lab | Choose a model cover and compare a supplied fictional record |
Keep the two fresh checks unseen until the first independent response. Use the separate educator key afterwards. The audio script masters can be read by an adult; recorded narration is not supplied. The interactive is a fixed FICTIONAL MODEL, not a camera, physical experiment or prediction of a real material's behaviour.
Curriculum and review
Seven exact ACARA v9 descriptions and proposed Queensland Prep links, source and rights notes, four-audience walkthrough and a read-only verifier accompany the pack. Real investigation opportunities depend on actual safe access and the observations made. Paper records support reasoning about a record; they do not establish a child's direct investigation. The draft awaits human educator, accessibility, local syllabus and classroom review. It does not claim a pilot, measured learning gain or curriculum authority endorsement.
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