Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Create depictions of elasticity.

Objective: Students create depictions of elasticity.

Activity: Without previous definition, students are assainged to draw objects that they feel are “elastic” and “inelastic”, as preparations for delving into the technical side of the concept. Students post their visuals and explain why the pictures are elastic or inelastic.