# Make a fact local — adult review, then a useful child job

## 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.