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.
Activities Selection: Favorite Places
Objective: To apply own understanding relationship between Man and Nature.
Activity: Choose an activity: 1) Write a poem(s) to immortalize your favorite place. 2) Write a narrative about an experience in your favorite place. 3) If your place is endangered, research this danger and take some action to save it--write a letter, attend a meeting, etc. 4) Design a children's picture book about your place.
