Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
How do we know where things belong?
Objective: To create a list of how we know where things belong. The purpose is to get the children to ponder the reasons people choose some things rather than other things.
Activity: Create a list to answer the question: How do we know where things belong?
Assessment: The quality of the list and the understanding of the relationships. Look for answers on function, the soap and the bathtub, physical capability, the bird in the tree and like species, the flowers and the garden