Child job
Make an action menu a helper can follow.
Day
42
Guided different try
C04 fictional café prop team has only a note “shake empty tub”; no resulting report. Ask what is missing. Possible: “We can name the action; we cannot describe what this trial sounded like.”
Held offer
B-first source held separately; changed context and fresh prompts.
Home
HomeH02: make a two-action mime menu for a pretend repair shop. A trusted adult can choose quiet mime for both. If a gentle sound is tried with permission, write the real report beside its action; do not assume louder. Ten minutes is optional.
Lesson minutes
30–40 optional; split moves over smaller sessions as needed. Days are resource sequence slots, not required daily Science attendance.
Next teaching
If rows swap, use unrelated skate-park model notes: “roll toy car—stops by blue line; slide card—stops by red line”. Pair action/result first, then return to sound without borrowing a model answer.
Observe
Observe whether exact action and report stay paired and child recognises missing result. Adult operation/pointing/spelling do not automatically lower science judgement.
Ordinary model
C03 fictional parcel station uses the same tray and observer spot. Row1: helper gently taps tray once; report “short low tap”. Row2: helper rubs tray edge once; report “longer scratchy sound”. Strength was not measured. Possible ordinary response: “These notes give two different descriptions for two actions on the tray. They do not show that action alone caused the difference.”
Partial curriculum
- AC9S2U02
- AC9S2I02
- AC9S2I03
- AC9S2I04
- AC9S2I05
- AC9S2I06
Project
ProjectX02: publish a fold-out action menu for an imaginary film prop. Include source/action/report columns and a clearly empty next-row box. Invite a helper to choose rather than follow all actions; keep a paper copy.
Read aloud
R02: “Tap and rub are two actions. Can our note show which one happened? Put the action next to its clue. If a clue is missing, leave room for it. You can run a real gentle try, read a story note, or direct a silent mime. Tell your reader which you chose. Our menu is useful when it keeps the rows together.”
Routes
Id
A
Limit
Unmeasured force/different listener experience prevents universal cause claims.
Name
One-tray action menu
Outcome
Two bounded actual rows and a next question.
Steps
Adult approves gentle tap and rub. Child suggests what to keep similar and predicts each report. Do one action, stop, record; do the other only if still welcome. Write two rows with exact action and actual observation. Tell reader one unmeasured factor.
Id
B
Limit
Table reconstruction is not a physical experiment.
Name
Quiet parcel-note sorter
Outcome
Complete supplied table and empty new result.
Steps
Read bothC03 rows and the incompleteC04 card. Put each source/action/report strip into a row. Explain the difference described inC03 and mark the missingC04 result. Design a new menu row with its result genuinely open.
Id
C
Limit
An action mime checks instruction clarity, not sound behaviour.
Name
Action director
Outcome
Usable mime menu with unfilled sound evidence.
Steps
Make tactile/picture tap and rub cards. A helper mimes each at a distance without producing sound. Child checks whether the action instructions are distinguishable, then annotates where a real sound note would go. SoundDesk Action view can show their own words only.
Six moves
- Hook3min: mime tap, rub and shake without a sound. Which is an action?
- Explore5min: child chooses one permitted tap/rub pair or readsC03. Record action names before result descriptions.
- Teach5min: changing the action can be a question about sound variety; a fair question requires a clearly named change, not pretending every other variable was measured.
- Model5min: lay out two ordinary note rows; the source/action and each report stay paired.
- Try12min: A makes a real menu, B reconstructs a supplied menu, C makes tactile action cards without sound. Compare only records actually available.
- Exit4min: reader follows a chosen action description or explains an unclear step. Offer B-first separately with its complete neutral source.
Teacher preparation
Prepare C03–04,W02,V02. Adult checks one empty shallow plastic tray safe to tap/rub on a mat, gently and away from ears; agree stop/no-sound choice. Keep object, helper position and observer position the same where possible; strength remains unmeasured. Quiet menu uses complete supplied notes.
Title
One object, different actions
Worksheet
W02 Two-row action log: blank Object, Action1, Note1, Action2, Note2, Kept similar, Not measured and Next question; distinct row labels and same generous response area.