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.
Bring their own insect collections.
Objective: To provide an activity that will broaden their grasshopper experience to insects in general in preparation for lecture and reading materials.
Activity: Instruct students to begin their own insect collections. Any good science text will explain this process.
