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Teacher resourcesYear 1 Science · T2 W11–12 · Teacher · Teacher / Index

Select one useful resource. Adapt the communication and amount; no fixed learner type or score.

Prepare once and keep evidence meaningful

Choose a stable reachable horizontal surface, a short bounded clear area and broad intact paper/card or a familiar clean cloth only after adult local review. Drawn stars, parking places, cups and stage cues are pictures, not obstacles, real drinks or places to visit. No scissors, tiny pieces, balloons, magnets, elastic launchers, cords, pins, heat, powders, thrown/dropped objects, body pushing/pulling, furniture/door movement or tensioned material is needed. Do not make a piece fly or leave the surface. Stop if a piece catches, flicks, tears, leaves the agreed area or anyone wants to stop. Adult setup/operation stays named. These author-designed modest options are not tested safety approval; current school requirements and individual arrangements govern actual offers.

Offer “try it, direct a helper, or use the complete paper story”. They are changeable routes for the same selected idea, not fixed learning styles or diagnoses. Speech, sign, AAC, pointing, drawing, dictation and child-directed marking are welcome. Read all source/count/date words neutrally. Record content cues separately from access help. A child-directed adult action can offer genuine child observation if actually perceived, but it does not show child motor operation. Adult-only description is report. Fictional source reasoning cannot award an unperformed practical procedure or observation. Declined/unavailable/not elicited are different from an incorrect scientific relation.

Suggested25minutes can be3 for purpose/question,4 for before idea/setup,10 for one route,5 for comparison and3 for next/finish. A5minute start or several sittings may work better. Select one route and one useful component; do not demand every organiser or a whole journal. Keep an actual wanted prediction before action/result and the actual source/actor/help with the record. Later results remain unknown unless actually available. No auto answers or formal grade.

Full first/later source and evidence protocol