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.
Images Transparencies--objects from different points of view.
Objective: To become aware of patterns and transformations in order to see how the old can be rearranged or elaborated on to become new.
Activity: Students view Images via overhead transparencies showing objects from different points of view. Students will respond noting the observer's point of view in each instance. Same images changing by differing perspective. Copies of Escher Prints are shown as students note differences in perspective.
Assessment: Quality of student attention and response.
Inventions
Subject:
Social Studies
Grade:
Primary, Intermediate
Concept:
Vision
Bridge:
Perspective
Content:
A Study of Inventions and Problem Solving Solutions