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Twenty worked context swapsYear 7 Science · T1 W5–6 · Example Bank

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Two practical contexts per day. All contexts are optional hypothetical purposes unless an actual activity/source is explicitly encountered. They do not supply local ecosystem data, cultural authority, prior learner work, product success or viewer reactions. Days 25/30 contexts are only after the held first response and give no worked fresh answer.

Day 21

Museum label

For a hypothetical learning display, choose F1. Model caption: “Listed Forest Red Gum leaves can feed caterpillars; F1, Table 1, Forest Red Gum row.” Draw leaves→C, not C→leaves. This is a factual/model label, not a claimed museum installation or actual visitor response.

Library reference

Make a private notebook reminder from F3: caterpillars→Squirrel Glider. A reader might ask what the arrow means; answer transfer through feeding, not where the glider travels. Actual reading is recorded only if it occurs.

Day 22

Game design

In a proposed offline web game, mark E→G “pollen/nectar/sap,” while E→C says “leaves.” A generic “plant food” token risks hiding resource differences. Build/use a token only if locally suitable; no played game or player reaction is invented.

Animation storyboard

Plan a short labelled animation: sunlight enters producer as energy only; C→G transfers matter and chemical energy. A moving arrow can represent transfer but does not show an observed feeding event. The storyboard is useful without a screen or rendered output.

Day 23

Garden planning

For a hypothetical garden explainer, trace soil mineral nutrients→plant material→dead material/decomposition→soil. Add sunlight as a separate energy input. Do not infer a real garden's nutrient amount, compost success or glider habitat benefit.

Aquarium education

For a proposed visitor explanation, use a generic producer/consumer/heat energy path and a separate carbon dioxide matter cycle. This is a process model, not a claim about any actual tank species, water quality or animal care outcome.

Day 24

Conservation newsletter

A hypothetical newsletter says fewer insects might reduce glider food, with F4/F5 alternatives represented. Better caption: “Effects depend on available amounts and time.” Remaining arrows do not prove compensation or a local conservation outcome.

Robotics simulation

A proposed model toggles “fewer caterpillars” and leaves other food links visible. It cannot output a trustworthy population count from arrow number alone. Ask what quantities and rules a simulation would need; no executable program or system output is claimed.

Day 25

Study corner

After the independent FW-C response, a learner may keep their own exact path/condition as a private study reference. Do not supply a completed FW-C example before the response or label later taught work independent.

Peer planning

After first responses, learners may plan to compare two different justified FW-C predictions with a willing person. Discussion remains optional and source-specific; no peer view/feedback or actual comparison is assumed.

Day 26

Outdoor-sign proposal

For an imagined sign, choose more L as a model input. G may face greater predation if encounter/predation rates and other conditions permit. The sign does not describe an actual reserve or justify feeding/removing animals.

Board-game rules

A proposed rule “fewer G always doubles C” is unjustified. Replace with a conditional pathway: lower glider predation could ease one pressure on C if other pressures stay similar. No doubling count, actual game trial or universal trophic rule follows.

Day 27

News editing

For a hypothetical headline “all gliders safe because sap exists,” trace F5 then question amount/access. A useful alternative is “sap is one listed resource; effect remains conditional.” Correcting a draft does not record an actual published news item.

Town-planning discussion

A hypothetical planning conversation asks whether a remaining resource path guarantees unchanged population. Compare sufficient versus insufficient resources, delay and other pressures. This model alone does not authorise a real development decision or claim local ecological assessment.

Day 28

Photo-caption check

An educator-approved photo, if genuinely available, might show a tree feature without showing feeding. Caption only the encountered feature/time/view; use F5 separately for the documented diet account. No image, identification or observation is invented here.

Podcast script

A proposed script cites the historical NSW report as August 2008, not 2024 because of its host folder. Correct wattle resource to sap. A script can be kept without a voice recording, broadcast or listeners; source facts remain bounded.

Day 29

Household explanation

Choose a private one-page or oral reference about why plants need energy input as well as matter. Use G1/G3 and an original trace. No family account, household measurement, actual teaching or learner disclosure is required.

Travel information plan

For an imagined visitor guide, explain one ordinary feeding possibility with a source locator and a model-change caveat. Do not attach an invented place, cultural meaning, wildlife encounter or visitor success; an actual place needs independent local approval and evidence.

Day 30

Revision card

After the held first FW-D response, keep one actual learner-selected mechanism/unknown on a private revision card. A later teaching revision is separate from the first response; no completed answer is supplied before the check.

Science club proposal

After first responses, plan a willing discussion of competing pathways in FW-D. One chosen component is enough, and different justified conditional predictions may be compared. No club attendance, member agreement or model run is presumed.