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Held fresh sources AL and AMFoundation Science · T4 W35–36 · Assessment guide

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Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

Teacher-held until Days 175/180 first responses. Do not rehearse these facts, pre-teach their answer or show the separate key. Neutral read-aloud/linear/tactile source access and scribing permitted; note support without changing the target. Later short components allowed; these are not timed finishes, a full-standard judgement or a term grade. Creative next questions have no single required answer. Source facts are fixed, responses are open. No actual local result supplied.

Check AL · Day 175 · PAD-CHECK-AL-35

Source identity: SubjectNest / NeuroForgeIO with Codex assistance, original saved computer-created fictional notebook/diagram, 30 September 2026. Purpose: compare stages with a prior prediction and invite a new safe question. Not a real observer/testimony or physical try.

Complete source: Item T is a broad folded cloth. A maker label in this fictional case identifies its material as polyester. The same visible side is described in three stages. Before: tall rounded side. Prior prediction: “The side will stay as low after letting go as while pressed.” Press: one adult gentle palm press; visible side lower and wider than before. Release: as the hand left, the visible side rose partway: taller than while pressed but lower than before. No slipping reported. No exact force recorded. These are invented qualitative relations, not measured heights or a universal polyester result.

Child invitations:

  1. “What happened to that side before, while pressed and when the hand left?” Use source words, point/direct outlines, sign, AAC or draw. No exact height/count required.
  2. “What does the source say the earlier idea was? How does its release note compare?” Do not infer a new prior idea from the later result.
  3. “What safe question would you like to ask next?” Any relevant open next question/idea is welcome; no unique required repeat, wait, action, feeling, material or result. Child may choose to finish and state an unanswered question.

Use fresh AL PDF, SVG or exact alternative. Teacher criteria/illustrations are in the separate key.

Check AM · Day 180 · PAD-CHECK-AM-36

Source identity: same original author/date/type. Purpose: reason from a bounded observation pattern and a changed observation moment, then choose a useful question. Not a real local trial or actual human testimony.

Complete source: The fictional notebook names the same folded cloth N, the same visible side, same broad fold and a single gentle adult palm press at the same described place for each row. Material is UNKNOWN; exact force is not recorded. Every row says the side was tall/rounded before and lower/wider while pressed. No slipping reported. No prior predictions recorded.

Row When the release look was made Reported release side
A As the hand left Taller than while pressed, lower than before
B As the hand left Taller than while pressed, lower than before
C After a short conversation Looks like its before outline

The release observation time in C is different. These original diagrams represent reported qualitative relations, not measurements, a real force match, or a cause proven by the author.

Child invitations:

  1. “What is alike in A and B’s notes?” Point/sign/AAC/draw/direct or tell the bounded source relation. No counting quota or maths AB pattern required.
  2. “What is different about C’s look? What can these notes leave unknown?” No need to say technical fair-test words or identify a hidden material. Missing predictions are not scored wrong predictions.
  3. “What safe next question would be useful to you?” Open answer; no single correct wait, repeat number, fold, feeling or material. A question can be kept without another physical try.

Use fresh AM PDF, SVG or exact alternative. Actual investigation remains NOT TRIED by this pack. A child-created drawing/director artefact is actual authored work; it is not enacted physical evidence.

Minimal private teacher record

Date/check/source; child’s first response in chosen mode; actual form/status (source response / actual artefact / direct observation if separately available / attributed report / plan / NOT TRIED); child and adult contributions/support; one useful next teaching step. Do not collect names/photos/audio/home evidence in this pack or duplicate a full audit sheet for each child. Later assisted response is marked later, not replaced first response.