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Practicals and parity matrix

Equipment, safety and equivalent routes for Weeks 8–13.

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Local policy leads. Complete the school’s normal risk assessment. If the physical route is unsafe or inaccessible, use the offline digital, director, observation or printed route without lowering the scientific goal.

Lesson matrix

Lesson	Equipment / setup	Safety / sensory	Equivalent route	Evidence
W8A Day and Night: Sky Shift	Cool LED lamp, globe or ball with a removable marker, four-position evidence sheet and pencil.	Use a cool LED light only. Never stare into a bright lamp. Keep cables still and let an adult move powered equipment.	Use the included four-frame sequence. Add arrows for Earth's rotation and captions for what the observer sees. Use a fixed Sun card and a marked paper Earth. One pupil directs the paper Earth through four west-to-east quarter turns.	One saved or paper sequence with four positions, rotation arrows and a because sentence using apparent.
W8B Day and Night: 24-Hour Control Room	Cool LED lamp, marked globe or ball, four-row evidence sheet, arrows and pencil.	Do not stare into the lamp. Use a cool LED only, keep hands off plugs and keep movement clear of cables.	Advance the included sequence one frame at a time and capture four labelled observations before writing the conclusion. Turn a marked paper Earth beside a fixed Sun card, or use four prepared diagrams and order them.	Four ordered rows recording marker position, light state, apparent Sun position and one final because conclusion.
W9A Spherical Bodies: Shape Evidence	Ball, safe card disc or large counter, viewing mat, three-view recording strip and pencil.	Use large objects that cannot be swallowed. Keep objects on the table and do not throw or shine lights at anyone.	Use the included front, quarter and edge frames plus the local spacecraft, eclipse and curved day-night-edge cards. Mark which evidence shows the clearest difference. Use printed silhouettes for front, quarter and edge views, or trace around a cup lid and a ball shown by an adult.	A three-view model comparison, one cited real space observation and a conclusion naming the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical.
W9B Spherical Bodies: World Shape Lab	Large ball, rigid card disc, three-position viewing mat, six-row record and pencil or camera on a school device.	Use large clean models, keep them on the table, maintain clear walkways and use a camera only under school routines.	Annotate the six local model frames and at least one local spacecraft, eclipse or curved day-night-edge card. No web access is needed. Use the prepared model and real-space card set; record similarities, differences and the conclusion on paper.	Six model observations, one named real space observation, an approximately spherical conclusion and one model limitation.
W10A Solar System Research: Evidence Desk	The nine local dated source cards in this lesson, a paper or local-page note grid and pencil or school device.	No website, account or personal information is needed. Use the local lesson page or printed cards and follow school device routines.	Use the source cards stored inside this lesson page; no web access is needed. Type notes locally and record each source code. Use the same nine dated source cards printed from the lesson. Write or scribe the notes on paper.	One chosen question, three accurate own-word facts, at least two source codes, one agreement check and one card to check or leave out.
W10B Solar System Presentation: Mission Briefing	Research record, paper panel or school device, source labels, audience question slip and revision record.	Use only school-approved content and devices, share no personal information, avoid flashing effects and follow agreed volume and movement routines.	Create one to three simple local slides, present them to a named adult or peer and save the changed version or a confirmed-content transfer note locally. Use a paper poster, object arrangement, signed or spoken briefing, recorded audio without personal details, or an adult-scribed script.	A saved slide, paper panel or witness record; source labels; one audience question; and either a before-and-after change or a clear confirmation plus one transfer step.
W11A Climate Chain: From Gas to Warming	Cause, energy and effect cards; arrow strip; pencil; optional calm digital card route.	Use calm, solution-aware language. Do not ask for family carbon data or use frightening imagery.	Sort the same local cards, freeze the chain and print only when chosen. No account or internet is needed. Order printed cards or direct an adult to move them. A scribed exact response is equivalent evidence.	One ordered causal chain, one explained effect and one honest model limitation.
W11B Climate Action: Plan, Measure, Improve	Scenario cards; before/after planning mat; pencil; optional local data-strip route.	Pupils do not touch sockets, plugs, boilers, thermostats or site controls. Staff approval comes before any action.	Use the on-screen scenario and fictional before/after cards, then give the action, mechanism and measure by pointing, speaking, typing in a pupil document or exact adult scribing. Use the paper mat, point to cards or dictate exact words. No equipment or live site action is needed.	A safe action-to-mechanism chain, baseline, repeated measure, comparable condition and one limitation.
W12A Science Connections: Evidence Control	Topic cards; evidence cards; three-column response sheet; pencil; optional local card sort.	This consolidation uses cards and data only. Keep any physical models still unless staff set them up.	Choose one embedded Forces, Space or Climate question, select its local evidence card and give the answer by speaking, pointing, typing in a pupil document or exact adult scribing. Use printed cards, speak, point or direct an adult. An exact scribed answer counts equally.	At least one complete answer with relevant evidence, scientific reasoning and one honest limit.
W12B Answer Lab: Say It, Support It, Improve It	Question cards from forces, space and climate; first/next answer sheet; evidence cards; pencil.	No forced public speaking or recording. Use an audience of one, pointing, quiet handover or exact adult scribing.	Use the three on-screen answer sets and limitations. Respond by pointing, speaking, typing in a pupil document or exact adult scribing; nothing is uploaded. Use paper cards, drawing, pointing or spoken response. Preserve the first response beside the next response.	First answer, adult read-back, pupil-selected next move and improved answer or justified decision to keep it.
W13A Rover Rescue: Plan a Fair Test	Planning mat; low ramp; trolley or rover; smooth and fabric surfaces; metre rule or tape; start and finish markers.	Teacher checks a stable low ramp and clear lane. Do not push the rover, chase it or place hands in its path.	Use the same two-condition plan and six blank result rows with a local rover representation; no results are saved. Plan with cards only or direct an adult to place every method card. No equipment handling is required.	Question, prediction, variable table, safe numbered method, two conditions, six result spaces and one model limitation.
W13B Rover Evidence Lab	Stable low ramp; same rover; smooth and fabric surface conditions; ruler or tape; six-row table; lane markers.	Teacher checks the ramp and clear lane. Release without pushing; keep hands, feet and faces away from the moving rover.	Run the same reasoning route with the fixed smooth and fabric results: 48, 51, 49 versus 27, 29, 28 cm. Direct an adult through the physical method or use printed fixed data. Observation and decision roles are complete participation.	Prediction, all six raw results, pattern statement, evidence-linked conclusion, one improvement and one model limitation.

Shared safeguards

No pupil is forced to handle equipment, speak publicly or be recorded.
Pointing, directing an adult, signing, drawing, typing and exact adult scribing can preserve the same conceptual evidence.
Retries are expected and never scored.
In-page state exists only in the current tab and clears on reload.
All links are local; no account, upload or live website is required.