In a joint outdoor education project with three other classes (about 85 students), Aboriginal elders shared their knowledge of traditional medicines based on local plants. Students then had the opportunity to apply this knowledge to develop their own/creative medicines. These girls were very engaged in this task.
I can get new ideas, or build on or combine other people’s ideas, to create new things within the constraints of a form, a problem, or materials.
I can get new ideas, build on other’s ideas and add new ideas of my own, or combine other people’s ideas in new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems. My ideas are fun, entertaining, or useful for me and for my peers, and I have a sense of accomplishment. I can usually make my ideas work within the constraints of a given form, problem and materials if I keep playing with them.