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 investigate and plan projects.
Objective: To expand what has been learned.
Activity: Using the composite class mindmap, students individually or in teams select a topic of interest and begin preliminary investigation to get ideas for a project.
