1. Match a reason
Which idea explains day and night: rotation or friction?
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Think of a location moving into light.
Answer guidance
Answer: Rotation.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 2 MINUTES
Science Connections: Evidence Control
Learning objective
I can match a science question to relevant evidence, explain the link and improve one answer without overstating it.
Success looks like
- Select evidence that answers the actual question.
- Link a claim to an observation and a science reason.
- Keep a first response, then make one meaningful improvement.
The evidence desk contains force, space and climate cases. Choose the right evidence before you explain.
Two separate lessons
A · Explore and explain · 40 minutes
B · Answer Lab: Say It, Support It, Improve It · 40 minutes
Stop after Lesson A. Lesson B has its own start and exit.
Point, speak, sign, move cards, draw, write or direct an adult. Choose one route; equivalent science evidence does not require a written conversion.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 5 MINUTES
Four clues to start
Choose a route. Today’s responses decide the help you use. No previous worksheet is needed.
Supported · 4 questions
2. Read a unit
A rover travelled 46 cm. Which part is the unit?
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. The unit names how distance is measured.
Answer guidance
Answer: cm / centimetres.
3. Climate timespan
Should a climate claim use one afternoon or long-term patterns?
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Match the timespan.
Answer guidance
Answer: Long-term patterns.
4. Evidence or guess
Choose evidence: “I like smooth” or “smooth trials were 46, 44 and 45 cm”.
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Evidence is an observation or data, not a preference.
Answer guidance
Answer: The three recorded distances.
Standard · 4 questions
1. Match a reason
Which idea explains day and night: rotation or friction?
Help beside the question
Think of a location moving into light.
Answer guidance
Answer: Rotation.
2. Read a unit
A rover travelled 46 cm. Which part is the unit?
Help beside the question
The unit names how distance is measured.
Answer guidance
Answer: cm / centimetres.
3. Climate timespan
Should a climate claim use one afternoon or long-term patterns?
Help beside the question
Match the timespan.
Answer guidance
Answer: Long-term patterns.
4. Evidence or guess
Choose evidence: “I like smooth” or “smooth trials were 46, 44 and 45 cm”.
Help beside the question
Evidence is an observation or data, not a preference.
Answer guidance
Answer: The three recorded distances.
Stretch · 4 questions
1. Match a reason
Which idea explains day and night: rotation or friction?
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Think of a location moving into light.
Answer guidance
Answer: Rotation.
2. Read a unit
Why is “46” alone weaker evidence than “46 cm”?
Help beside the question
A number needs a quantity and unit.
Answer guidance
Answer: It does not specify the quantity or unit, so the meaning is unclear.
3. Climate timespan
Should a climate claim use one afternoon or long-term patterns?
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Match the timespan.
Answer guidance
Answer: Long-term patterns.
4. Evidence or guess
Why might three repeats be more informative than one distance?
Help beside the question
Consider variation.
Answer guidance
Answer: They reveal variation and whether a pattern repeats.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 4 MINUTES
Correct fact, wrong question?
“Earth rotates” is true. Does it explain the surface-distance table?
No answer chosen yet. Think or discuss first.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 7 MINUTES
Watch, predict, explain
Predict, model, explain
My answer is ___. Evidence ___ supports it because ___. This does not show ___.
Make a prediction. Change one view, then use a label to explain what you notice.
Choose the question before choosing a science word. Not every correct fact is relevant.
Worked explanation · reveal after thinking
The 46/44/45 cm and 18/20/19 cm values are invented practice data, distinct from the later rover investigation. A wheeled object involves contact resistance; do not teach that rougher always means more friction in every situation. A globe models rotation, not precise sunrise times. Climate concerns long-term patterns.
Local explainer · 32 seconds · silent with captions
Use instead of part of the demonstration. It never autoplays and needs no internet.
Full text / no-video alternative
00–08 seconds · Question first
Choose the question before choosing a science word. Not every correct fact is relevant.
08–16 seconds · Find usable evidence
These invented repeated distances compare one surface test, not every possible surface.
16–24 seconds · Link the reason
For day and night, use rotation and lit/unlit observations—not a friction explanation.
24–32 seconds · Improve with a limit
Add an evidence value, a causal link or a limitation. Keep the first answer to show the change.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 10 MINUTES
Match each clue to the right question
Choose a card, read its evidence, then place it in a group. Explain one decision together.
Drag, or select a card and press a group button. Tab and Enter work too; an adult can follow your pointing.
Surface-distance question
Day/night question
Warming question
Choose a card first. No cards have been placed.
Read the card clues
Distance repeats: Smooth: 46, 44, 45 cm. Fabric: 18, 20, 19 cm. Invented practice data.
Contact resistance: In a controlled setup, resistance at contacts can affect how far the rover travels.
Fixed light: LEFT marker faces light; RIGHT marker faces away.
Rotating Earth: A place turns into and out of sunlight.
Extra carbon dioxide: More greenhouse gas can initially reduce net infrared energy loss.
Long-term temperature: Climate patterns are assessed over many years, not one cold morning.
Would a small change help? · optional
You may ask for a clearer diagram, fewer cards at once, reading help or more thinking time. Tell your teacher, ask privately, point or pass. Your teacher will say what can change and check whether it helped. No extra sheet is needed.
Group explanations · reveal after sorting
Distance repeats: Surface-distance question. Smooth: 46, 44, 45 cm. Fabric: 18, 20, 19 cm. Invented practice data.
Contact resistance: Surface-distance question. In a controlled setup, resistance at contacts can affect how far the rover travels.
Fixed light: Day/night question. LEFT marker faces light; RIGHT marker faces away.
Rotating Earth: Day/night question. A place turns into and out of sunlight.
Extra carbon dioxide: Warming question. More greenhouse gas can initially reduce net infrared energy loss.
Long-term temperature: Warming question. Climate patterns are assessed over many years, not one cold morning.
With JavaScript off, point to the cards and labels or use the paper versions.
Distance repeats: Smooth: 46, 44, 45 cm. Fabric: 18, 20, 19 cm. Invented practice data.
Contact resistance: In a controlled setup, resistance at contacts can affect how far the rover travels.
Fixed light: LEFT marker faces light; RIGHT marker faces away.
Rotating Earth: A place turns into and out of sunlight.
Extra carbon dioxide: More greenhouse gas can initially reduce net infrared energy loss.
Long-term temperature: Climate patterns are assessed over many years, not one cold morning.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 10 MINUTES
Use the evidence yourself
Supported · use one response mode
1. Select
Match one evidence card to each of the three question labels.
Help: Surface / space / climate.
2. Explain
Complete one frame using a card and because.
Help: Say or point; an adult may scribe.
3. Bound the claim
Add “in this model” or “in this test”.
Help: Avoid always.
Standard · use one response mode
1. Select
Choose relevant evidence for three questions; reject one mismatch.
Help: Match the measured quantity or observation.
2. Explain
Build one answer with a claim, evidence and reason.
Help: Use a number with cm or a position label.
3. Bound the claim
State what the chosen evidence cannot establish.
Help: Only two surfaces and one rover were compared.
Stretch · use one response mode
1. Select
Justify each choice and explain why a plausible distractor is irrelevant.
Help: A true statement may still be irrelevant.
2. Explain
Build two linked answers with accurate vocabulary and meaningful limits.
Help: Keep a process separate from an observation.
3. Bound the claim
Explain what additional evidence would strengthen one claim.
Help: More repeats or additional setups have different purposes.
Use the application model · an alternative to writing
Choose the explanatory link
Use the digital choices or the matching paper page. One response mode is enough.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON A · 2 MINUTES
Two small checks
Supported · 2 questions
1. Evidence choice
Choose one science question and the evidence that would answer it.
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Use surface distance, day/night or warming.
Answer guidance
Answer: Accept distance table for surface travel; fixed-light model for day/night; greenhouse-energy model for warming.
2. Link
For day and night, point to the fixed-light globe or the distance table.
Help beside the question
Use the evidence with lit and unlit sides.
Answer guidance
Answer: The fixed-light globe.
Standard · 2 questions
1. Evidence choice
Choose one science question and the evidence that would answer it.
Help beside the question
Use surface distance, day/night or warming.
Answer guidance
Answer: Accept distance table for surface travel; fixed-light model for day/night; greenhouse-energy model for warming.
2. Link
Explain why your chosen evidence is relevant.
Help beside the question
Question → observation → reason.
Answer guidance
Answer: Accept an explicit link, e.g. the table directly compares travel on the two tested surfaces.
Stretch · 2 questions
1. Evidence choice
Choose one science question and the evidence that would answer it.
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Use surface distance, day/night or warming.
Answer guidance
Answer: Accept distance table for surface travel; fixed-light model for day/night; greenhouse-energy model for warming.
2. Link
Explain why your chosen evidence is relevant.
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Question → observation → reason.
Answer guidance
Answer: Accept an explicit link, e.g. the table directly compares travel on the two tested surfaces.
Lesson A ends here. Keep any useful science evidence. Lesson B starts fresh with the supplied materials.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON B · 4 MINUTES
Answer Lab: Say It, Support It, Improve It
Fresh start · your 32-minute workshop
Answer Lab: Say It, Support It, Improve It
Arrival, investigation, checking and refining total 32 minutes. Then review the evidence for four minutes and complete two exit checks in four minutes.
Supported · 4 questions
1. Relevant choice
For a surface-distance question, choose a distance table or an Earth diagram.
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Match the evidence to the question.
Answer guidance
Answer: The distance table.
2. Support a claim
Smooth: 46, 44, 45 cm. Fabric: 18, 20, 19 cm. Which went farther here?
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Every smooth value exceeds every fabric value.
Answer guidance
Answer: Smooth.
3. Causal link
Complete: RIGHT on the globe is dark because it faces ___ the lamp.
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Use away from.
Answer guidance
Answer: Away from.
4. Improve usefully
Which improves an answer: add a relevant measurement or repeat it in bigger writing?
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Improve the science.
Answer guidance
Answer: Add a relevant measurement.
Standard · 4 questions
1. Relevant choice
For a surface-distance question, choose a distance table or an Earth diagram.
Help beside the question
Match the evidence to the question.
Answer guidance
Answer: The distance table.
2. Support a claim
Smooth: 46, 44, 45 cm. Fabric: 18, 20, 19 cm. Which went farther here?
Help beside the question
Every smooth value exceeds every fabric value.
Answer guidance
Answer: Smooth.
3. Causal link
Complete: RIGHT on the globe is dark because it faces ___ the lamp.
Help beside the question
Use away from.
Answer guidance
Answer: Away from.
4. Improve usefully
Which improves an answer: add a relevant measurement or repeat it in bigger writing?
Help beside the question
Improve the science.
Answer guidance
Answer: Add a relevant measurement.
Stretch · 4 questions
1. Relevant choice
For a surface-distance question, choose a distance table or an Earth diagram.
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Match the evidence to the question.
Answer guidance
Answer: The distance table.
2. Support a claim
Compare the means for this practice table.
Help beside the question
Total divided by three.
Answer guidance
Answer: Smooth mean 45 cm; fabric mean 19 cm; difference 26 cm.
3. Causal link
Complete: RIGHT on the globe is dark because it faces ___ the lamp.
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Use away from.
Answer guidance
Answer: Away from.
4. Improve usefully
Which improves an answer: add a relevant measurement or repeat it in bigger writing?
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Improve the science.
Answer guidance
Answer: Add a relevant measurement.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON B · 20 MINUTES
Gather and use evidence
No practical equipment is required: the evidence cards and supplied data are complete. Use a pencil, cards or typed answers. An adult may read, scribe or move cards at the pupil’s direction; use one response mode.
4 min · Match a question to a relevant clue.
20 min · Work through a surface, day/night and climate answer. Use the supplied evidence, not remembered worksheets.
2 min · A partner or adult asks “Which clue supports that?”
6 min · Keep the first response; add one accurate link or limitation.
Supplied fictional teaching evidence—not results collected by this class.
| Invented practice surface data | Trial 1 (cm) | Trial 2 (cm) | Trial 3 (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smooth | 46 | 44 | 45 |
| Fabric | 18 | 20 | 19 |
Supported route
Choose a relevant card and complete one answer frame orally or by pointing. Improve one word or add a specific clue.
Standard route
Write or explain three brief answers, one per topic. Each needs a relevant observation and a reason. Improve one after a check.
Stretch route
Use comparative numbers for the surface case, distinguish model from world evidence, and add a precise limit to each answer.
Choose the explanatory link
Use the digital choices or the matching paper page. One response mode is enough.
Revisit the controllable model
Choose the question before choosing a science word. Not every correct fact is relevant.
Supplied resources · read or print
Answer Lab · before and after
Choose a case
Surface distance / day and night / enhanced greenhouse effect. Use the evidence cards and practice table.
First response
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
The evidence I used
Card / row / diagram position: ________________________________
The question I was asked
____________________________________________________________
Improved response
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
What changed in the science?
A unit / evidence / reason / accurate limit: _______________________
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON B · 2 MINUTES
Check one piece of evidence
Check one piece of evidence
Point to the exact row, position label or energy arrow your answer uses. Does it address the question asked?
Worked explanation · reveal after thinking
Surface: smooth gives longer travel in these practice data (44–46 versus 18–20 cm); less resistance is a plausible explanation under controlled conditions, not a universal rule. Day/night: a location rotates towards/away from light. Climate: extra greenhouse gases alter net energy loss; one cold day is not a global trend.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON B · 6 MINUTES
Improve one science explanation
Improve the science, not the amount of writing
Retain the first response. Add the missing unit, replace an irrelevant reason or narrow an “always” claim to this test/model.
Point, speak, sign, move a card, draw or write. One useful change is enough.
Worked explanation · reveal after thinking
Surface: smooth gives longer travel in these practice data (44–46 versus 18–20 cm); less resistance is a plausible explanation under controlled conditions, not a universal rule. Day/night: a location rotates towards/away from light. Climate: extra greenhouse gases alter net energy loss; one cold day is not a global trend.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON B · 4 MINUTES
Does the claim fit?
Test the claim
“Any true science fact can be used as evidence for any science question.”
Try Earth’s rotation as an explanation for the surface-distance data.
Does the claim fit the evidence?
No answer chosen yet. Think or discuss first.
Would a small change help? · optional
You may ask for a clearer diagram, fewer cards at once, reading help or more thinking time. Tell your teacher, ask privately, point or pass. Your teacher will say what can change and check whether it helped. No extra sheet is needed.
GROW · SCIENCE · Autumn 2 · Week 5 · LESSON B · 4 MINUTES
Two checks to finish
Supported · 2 questions
1. Full explanation
Use one value or observation in a complete science answer.
Help beside the question
Point, choose or say. Answer → evidence → because.
Answer guidance
Answer: Example: smooth gave longer travel here, with 44–46 cm versus 18–20 cm, consistent with less contact resistance in this setup.
2. Keep it bounded
Choose “in this test” or “in every test anywhere”.
Help beside the question
Only this setup was compared.
Answer guidance
Answer: In this test.
Standard · 2 questions
1. Full explanation
Use one value or observation in a complete science answer.
Help beside the question
Answer → evidence → because.
Answer guidance
Answer: Example: smooth gave longer travel here, with 44–46 cm versus 18–20 cm, consistent with less contact resistance in this setup.
2. Keep it bounded
Repair “smooth surfaces always make every rover go farther”.
Help beside the question
Limit the conclusion to the test.
Answer guidance
Answer: In this test, this rover travelled farther on the tested smooth surface.
Stretch · 2 questions
1. Full explanation
Use one value or observation in a complete science answer.
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Answer → evidence → because.
Answer guidance
Answer: Example: smooth gave longer travel here, with 44–46 cm versus 18–20 cm, consistent with less contact resistance in this setup.
2. Keep it bounded
Repair “smooth surfaces always make every rover go farther”.
Help beside the question
Use an accurate science word. Limit the conclusion to the test.
Answer guidance
Answer: In this test, this rover travelled farther on the tested smooth surface.
Lesson B ends here. Keep useful science evidence; no extra feedback form is needed.