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Week 23 · Term Three · One inspectable forecast

Food Web Frontier

Turn one living network into counts a neighbor can check: 5 + 3 prey, 8 − 2 shared, 5 − 2 hunts, 4 × 2 limits, and a statement that does not say the web is balanced or a species is saved.

A forecast survives only the links it can show.

Monday adds 5 + 3 prey. Tuesday subtracts 8 − 2 shared. Wednesday subtracts 5 − 2 hunts. Thursday names 4 × 2 limits. Friday writes a statement a skeptical family can inspect.

Day 1

Monday

20 minutes

Ecology · Two rows, one prey count

Count the Prey Rows

Count prey as both rows, and refuse a mice-are-the-web stamp the table never held.

Make

A prey card

Frontier handoff: The prey card is filed. The shared meals are still open — eight prey are not yet an overlap a neighbor can subtract.

Day 2

Tuesday

25 minutes

Networks · Listed minus unique

Measure the Shared Meals

Count shared meals as listed minus unique-to-one, and refuse a same-menu stamp that hides the six still on the card.

Make

A shared-meal card

Frontier handoff: The shared-meal card is filed. The hunts are still open — six shared meals are not yet remaining hunts a visitor can count.

Day 3

Wednesday

25 minutes

Probability · Posted minus withdrawn

Count the Remaining Hunts

Count remaining hunts as posted minus withdrawn, and refuse a leftover-track stamp that hides the three still on the card.

Make

A hunt card

Frontier handoff: The hunt card is filed. The limits are still open — three hunts are not yet a rule a family can inspect.

Day 4

Thursday

20 minutes

Geography · Who names the limits

Name the Forecast Limits

Keep the forecast as a counted limit total, and refuse a headline that the web is saved.

Make

A limit card

Frontier handoff: The limit card is filed. The forecast is still open — eight limits are not yet a statement a family can inspect.

Day 5

Friday

25 minutes

Public writing · A forecast families can check

File the Food-Web Forecast

Write a food-web forecast that uses this week’s counts and states what the table still cannot prove.

Make

A food-web forecast

Frontier handoff: The food-web forecast is filed. The year now has one inspectable living-network model — not a claim that the web is saved.

Open the frontier journal.

The forecast uses only work entered here. It does not infer a rescue, a balanced web, a keystone species, next week’s counts, mastery, attendance, or accreditation.

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