Use evidence to correct museum labels about fossils, soils and light.
Become the evidence editor.
Keep a claim only if the clues support it.
Success looks like
Use a clue from each science strand.
Correct an inaccurate exhibit label.
State one thing the evidence cannot tell us.
Retrieval
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Retrieve one idea from each strand
1. What can a fossil be evidence of?
2. Name something found in soil.
3. Do eyes receive or make viewing light?
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I separate a fossil from a model
A fossil preserves ancient evidence.
Today’s imprint can model a shape.
The model does not become ancient.
From living thing to preserved evidenceDiagram description
A simplified three-stage sequence: shell-bearing animal dies, sediment buries its shell, and much later a shell fossil is preserved in rock. This is one possible route, not every fossil.
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I repair the soil label
Mineral pieces are one part.
Organic matter is another.
Spaces can contain air or water.
Soil is a mixtureDiagram description
Enlarged schematic components of soil: mineral particles, organic matter and pore spaces containing air or water. Positions and sizes are illustrative, not measured proportions.
Continue within this stage’s shared time.
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I follow the museum light
Start at the lamp.
Follow reflected light into the eye.
The exhibit needs a light pathDiagram description
The lamp emits light onto the top surface of an opaque fossil exhibit; reflected light leaves that same lit surface and enters the eye. The eye is above the object surface.
Predict, reveal the relevant scientific model, then justify one correction. Paper cards A–E provide the same evidence.
Decision 1 of 3
Which exhibit is identified as an ancient fossil?
From living thing to preserved evidence
The known origin distinguishes fossil A from model B.
Decision 2 of 3
Does “soil is only rock” fit C?
Soil is a mixture
C supports soil as a mixture, not a single material.
Decision 3 of 3
In D, which way does viewing light travel at the eye?
The exhibit needs a light path
With all light excluded in E, the same non-glowing fossil cannot be seen.
All decisions checked. Explain one choice using the evidence, then save your work.
Choose, test, then explain together. Evidence diagrams appear only after your test. Diagram transitions explain the model; they do not represent real elapsed time. Use Pause model to stop transitions and model controls, or your device’s reduced-motion setting. The printed We do activity provides the paper route.
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Repair the two-word traps
“Soil is only rock.”
“Eyes make viewing light.”
Change the smallest useful phrase.
Use the given components and the lamp → exhibit → eye path.
Hinge
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Which label can stay?
Choose the claim with evidence.
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Choose your science route
Correct short labels.
Write a museum guide.
Review the limits of evidence.
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Make your own evidence record
Use the shared evidence.
Explain one choice.
Check a label or number.
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Check what the evidence can show
Point to the clue you used.
Remove an unsupported claim.
Continue within this stage’s shared time.
Review
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Lundy loop: improve the shared account
Choose how to share.
Hear one evidence-based challenge.
Improve or defend one idea.
Which word did our evidence make us change?
Words such as only, every or disappeared can go beyond the evidence.
Review
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Keep the useful change
What changed in our account?
Which evidence helped?
Words such as only, every or disappeared can go beyond the evidence.
Continue within this stage’s shared time.
Exit
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Three final checks
E1. What does a fossil preserve?
E2. Name one non-mineral part of soil.
E3. What must enter the eye to see the exhibit?
Slide 1
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Shared evidence • Museum records
Fictional records for review. Use the history and observations, not just an object’s name.
A • Ancient shell
A geologist identifies a preserved shell in old sedimentary rock. Its original colour is unknown.
B • Model imprint
A pupil pressed a modern shell into clay today. It models an imprint; it is not an ancient fossil.
C • Soil sample
Observed: mineral grains, dark decayed leaf fragments and spaces. Some spaces contain water or air.
D • Lit display
A lamp lights the fossil. Some reflected light enters a visitor’s eye.
E • Complete darkness
Same fossil, but all light is excluded. The eye receives no light from it.
W1. Which record is an ancient fossil, and which is a model? Why?
W2. Repair “soil is only rock” or “eyes make viewing light”.
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Route 1 • Correct the labels
Word bank: ancient / model / mixture / reflected light.
S1. Which is the ancient fossil?
☐ A
☐ B
S2. Name two different things recorded in soil C.
S3. Where does light go to make the exhibit visible?
☐ Into the eye
☐ Out of the eye
S4. Finish one accurate museum label: “This evidence shows...”
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Route 2 • Produce the exhibit guide
Use A–E. Make each reason traceable to a card.
M1. Explain why A and B need different labels.
M2. Write an accurate soil label with two components.
M3. Draw or describe the light path for D. Include the eye.
M4. What does A not tell us about the original shell?
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Route 3 • Challenge a confident claim
An editor writes: “Every stone is a fossil. We know this shell’s exact colour. The dark exhibit disappeared.”
T1. Correct the first claim. What evidence of life is needed?
T2. Can card A establish the shell’s exact colour? Explain.
T3. Explain the difference between “not visible” and “not present” using E.
T4. A fresh leaf falls into soil. Explain why this alone does not make it a fossil.
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Exit and reflection
Point, draw, write or tell an adult.
E1. What does a fossil preserve?
E2. Name one non-mineral part of soil.
E3. What must enter the eye to see the exhibit?
R1. Which idea did you improve or defend? What evidence helped?
R2. What useful question would you investigate next?