Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.

Students submit energy saving plans.

Objective: To personalize the material being learned.

Activity: Students submit a plan to increase the energy effieciency of their homes. It should list what they can reasonably do to improve energy effieciency and reduce waste. Parents must sign this proposal.

Assessment: Quality of proposal, how reasonable, how possible.