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Day 173 · An edge has its own storyFoundation Science · T4 W35–36 · Day 173 lesson

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Foundation / Science / Term 4 / Weeks 35 36

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Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Optional practice · Check guide · Aids and text routes.

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Goal/codes: Describe a specific material response without assuming an unseen part; SFU03 partial, SFI02, SFI03.

Prepare: One clear side/edge view or NOTE drawing. No hand-on-hand action. The whole pad need not be visible.

  1. Invite · 3 min. “Which bit has a story you can notice?” Child selects edge, outline or broad crease. One selected part is enough; do not demand a whole-pad report.

  2. Before · 4 min. Name chosen feature and before access: seen, safely self-felt, attributed report or model. A before feature not available is left unclear rather than invented.

  3. Notice · 7 min. Optional single gentle press/release, only if useful and welcomed. Child looks or independently feels with nobody else pressing; director route adult acts and reports any feature the child cannot access. Model route isolates the drawn visible side.

  4. Represent · 5 min. Child puts an outline, sign or short phrase in the broad shared space. “Did your chosen bit change?” Use local lower/wider/similar/unclear words, not an all-soft-material claim.

  5. Question · 4 min. “What can this edge tell us? What is still hidden?” Accept a child’s own new safe question about another accessible bit without requiring another trial.

  6. Close · 2 min. Keep the bounded part description. Teacher does not infer hidden filling, measured force or whole-object return.

Teacher keeps: one useful shared source/stage phrase or sketch, relevant individual idea/response and support; actual direct/report/model status. Add missing facts only if needed for the claim. Do not fabricate a prior prediction, physical trial or willing audience.