Express scientific processes, mechanisms and evidence precisely.
Science: “Temperature increased” describes a change; “Energy was transferred to the substance, increasing particle motion” provides an explanation within the model.
Identify the scientific relationship the task needs: process, cause, comparison or evidence.
Show the phenomenon or data before its wording.
Name the scientific mechanism or relationship.
Model language that preserves that relationship accurately.
Use a new example and check the scientific explanation.
Remove sentence labels and retain only essential scientific terms.
Keep the subject challenge. Offer one model, visual or language prompt where needed, then check a fresh independent response.
Identify the scientific relationship the task needs: process, cause, comparison or evidence.
Show the phenomenon or data before its wording. Name the scientific mechanism or relationship.
Ask learners to distinguish description from explanation in two responses.
Remove sentence labels and retain only essential scientific terms.
Ask learners to distinguish description from explanation in two responses.
Adapt these prompts to the task and your learners.
Our purpose is: Express scientific processes, mechanisms and evidence precisely.
Which detail supports your explanation? Show me how you know.
Try the new case on your own. Show the detail or reasoning that supports your answer.
Which support do you still need, and which part can you now do independently?
Maths: distinguish a numerical pattern from its justification.
Humanities: distinguish an event account from an explanation of its causes.
Use a small word bank, visuals and partner rehearsal when needed. Extend with precise explanations and qualifications. Judge the support from the response to this task.
Keep the strategy. Change the subject.
Distinguish a description of change from an explanation using a particle model.
Temperature increased describes the change; energy transfer increasing particle motion explains it within the model.
Ask the learner to distinguish description from explanation in a fresh example.
Distinguish an account of events from an explanation of causes.
Saying the city grew records a change; linking migration to employment opportunities offers an explanation.
Ask the learner to distinguish description from explanation in a fresh example.
Distinguish retelling from interpretation.
Saying the character pauses retells the action; suggesting uncertainty interprets its possible meaning.
Ask the learner to distinguish description from explanation in a fresh example.
Distinguish a pattern from a justification.
The values increase by 2 shows a pattern; substituting into y = 2x + 1 tests the proposed rule.
Ask the learner to distinguish description from explanation in a fresh example.