A small reusable record
Start with a child's practical question: What resource is in a public building? What does this plant tag actually ask? What quarry product is named by a current regional provider? Choose one manageable question, not a location guess about an unlabelled object. Record question, place/spatial boundary, exact provider/title/URL, source edition/publication date, actual access date, relevant complete source passage in its context, your short original paraphrase, evidence/status, item rights, uncertainties and reviewer. Empty record is an option; an unavailable page remains unavailable.
Check the current source before use
Use official council/state geology/public facility or maker records for the named fact and dates. Read the actual page/document, map legend/layer/date or exact public label; search snippets are leads only. Cross-check a stable second primary provider where possible, record any mismatch, and separate current official fact, historical record and a candidate needing confirmation. Mine/processing resource/use are different facts; a nearby mine does not establish the origin of a child's foil. A commercial maker claim is attributed, not independent proof. Do not import protected provider photos/logos/maps by assuming the factual page's licence covers every item.
Give the child an honest practical route
Prepare a short source card with the reviewed place/date/fact, plus the exact accessible whole source or a rights-respecting reference. Ask the child to make a useful local visitor label, compare two source descriptions, locate a source-labelled trail or ask what still needs checking. Keep the adult's review separate from child reasoning. The child can use paper, quiet speech/AAC/drawing/one heading at a time. No child web search/account/purchase/travel/media recording required. Real specimen work is optional, adult planned and locally permitted; never collect unknown soils/minerals or infer chemical safety from colour. A safe sealed familiar adult-selected display can be described from outside; no actual local observation credited unless the child actually did it.
Dates, failures and culture
F1–F5 are reviewed provider examples with their own dates and limits, not local observations. No present regional quarry, current school garden response or teacher's actual plant-tag record supplied. The national workbook was acquired29September2026; current QCAA/ACARA pages read13October do not silently update it. Failed Agriculture soil/GA broad/USGS statistics requests are retained in PRIMARY-READING; no claim from failed acquisitions. Retain original fact cards alongside dated corrections. A community-approved First Nations contribution must be led/reviewed by the relevant language/Country authority, with consent for purpose/use, credit/payment if required, integrity and ability to restrict sharing. A general website or curriculum elaboration is not that permission.
Easy reviewed contributions — future site workflow
Teacher/parent contribution form should begin with a copied OWN resource ID/edition and exact proposed change, not overwrite the original. Fields: purpose; changed passage; complete source/URL/date; practical learner benefit; prompt/criterion/mode effects; rights/permissions; optional language version with named competent reviewer; contact consent; uncertainty. Save privately for review, show a before/after preview and submission receipt; nothing is public until reviewed. Review literal content, source linkage, accessible/paper equivalence and actual child/adult operations. No functioning form or submission service is claimed by this proposal.