Questions and Predictions Homework

AC9SFI01 — Answer guide

SkillrHub · Adult copy. Read directions aloud if needed; accept spoken explanations grounded in the examples.

1. How high will this ball bounce? It asks something that can be explored.

   Teaching hint: Distinguish a question from a preference or statement.

2. I think the rubber ball will bounce higher because I have seen rubber balls bounce. This predicts an outcome using experience.

   Teaching hint: The prediction is not a guarantee of the result.

3. question → what I want to find out; prediction → what I think may happen; experience → what I have seen before.

   Teaching hint: Connect each word to its role before an investigation.

4. For example, “the tube may roll” because I saw a tube roll before.

   Teaching hint: Accept a plausible prediction with a relevant experience in the reason.

5. For example, “Is the carrot a root?” or “Which part of the plant is this spinach?”

   Teaching hint: Accept a question about a familiar food’s plant part.

6. For example, “I think the empty tube may roll because a tube rolled when it lay on its curved side before.”

   Teaching hint: Accept other plausible predictions tied to relevant experience; do not mark only by the later outcome.

7. experiences; prior observations is also acceptable.

   Teaching hint: Use something relevant that you have encountered before.

8. Which animals might we see outside? → question; I think we will see birds. → prediction; What material is this object made from? → question.

   Teaching hint: A question asks; a prediction suggests an outcome.

9. Seeing a similar ball bounce is the relevant reason. A favourite colour does not explain likely bouncing.

   Teaching hint: Judge whether the experience connects to the event being predicted.

10. For example: “Will we see birds in the garden? I think we may, because I saw them there yesterday.”

    Teaching hint: The question and prediction should concern the same school-ground observation.