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.

Name That Tail creation.

Objective: Students will role-play researchers at by using a whale-naming, cooperative activity -Name That Tail!

Activity: Play Name That Tail game! Divide the class into groups of 5 or 6. Show each group of students examples of whale flukes, discuss how scientists could have arrived at the name given to each whale because of the fluke pattern they observed. Give each student in the group two index cards and ask them to sketch a fluke on one card and create a possible name on the other card. Once everyone in the group is finished, shuffle the fluke cards together. Lay out the name cards so that each member of the group can see the names. Have students take turns drawing from the fluke card stack and trying to match the fluke with the name given by the "scientist" from their group.

Assessment: Ability of students to create flukes, participation in group game.