Space and dinosaur investigations

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  A dinosaur size drawing should show its scale and estimate

  Read a verified measurement and apply a stated drawing scale.

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  A field note and a fossil adventure have different jobs

  Compare a factual record with a fictional narrative using the same prop.

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  A fossil identification needs more than a convincing shape

  Distinguish a documented fossil from an ordinary object or invented replica.

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  A moved fossil clue loses context if nobody records its place

  Relate context to later interpretation using a paper model.

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  A pretend fossil dig can teach documentation honestly

  Label the task as a model of recording and interpretation.

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  A solar system model needs a scale statement

  Identify which feature a model represents proportionally.

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  A space fact may describe a plan rather than a completed mission

  Compare the claim, source and publication context.

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  An extinction discussion needs an authoritative account to work from

  Use an authoritative explanation and distinguish evidence from speculation.

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  An incomplete skeleton can support several reconstructions

  Explain how limited evidence permits more than one interpretation.

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  An orbit model shows a relationship, not every force

  Represent motion around another body without claiming realistic speeds or distances.

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  Body fossil or trace fossil: what evidence is preserved?

  Sort verified examples by the kind of evidence they preserve.

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  Constellation lines belong to the chart

  Distinguish an apparent pattern from a physical drawing between stars.

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  Design a fictional Moon base and label the assumptions

  Solve an invented design problem while labelling unverified features as imagination.

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  Design an imaginary dinosaur whose features fit its story

  Connect invented anatomy with an explicitly fictional lifestyle.

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  Dinosaur diet claims should bring their evidence with them

  Compare the evidence given for a diet interpretation.

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  Familiar dinosaurs did not necessarily live at the same time

  Place verified examples on a sourced timeline.

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  Follow one place through a day-and-night globe model

  Relate illumination to a rotating model rather than a moving Sun story.

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  Invent a planet without announcing a discovery

  Separate invented features from the verified concepts that inspired them.

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  Let one fossil clue lead to a focused research question

  Choose an answerable question tied to available evidence.

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  Moon images: record the changing view, not a changing shape

  Describe changing appearance using verified dated images.

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  Moon phases are not ordinary Earth-shadow events

  Use authoritative diagrams to compare the two explanations.

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  Planet groupings need source properties, not picture colours

  Sort using verified properties rather than picture colour.

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  Planet order is not a picture of equal distances

  Use separate representations for order, relative size and distance.

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  Prehistoric does not mean dinosaur

  Check museum classifications instead of grouping by age alone.

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  Read a crater photograph before explaining its history

  Describe visible surface features before suggesting their history.

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  Record the fossil clue's grid reference before moving it

  Record a clue's position before moving its paper card.

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  Space-image colour can represent processed information

  Read image captions before interpreting colour as human-eye appearance.

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  The complete museum skeleton may include restored parts

  Separate specimen information from reconstruction and uncertainty.

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  The Sun and Earth belong to different kinds of object

  Compare authoritative descriptions before using a sorting activity.

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  Turn a broad space interest into a question worth checking

  Turn a broad interest into a question with a checkable answer.

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  Turning in place and travelling around are separate movements

  Demonstrate turning in place separately from travelling around a centre.

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  Two dinosaur reconstructions may differ for understandable reasons

  Identify shared evidence and speculative differences using source captions.

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