If you have access to clay and a kiln, the students could make clay turtles. A resource person experienced in working with clay would be of great help. Concluding Activities Set up a turtle display. Small paper mache turtles can be hung from the ceiling. There might be a storyteller in your community who would know a turtle legend.
People use visual images to communicate ideas and convey meaning.
Students can develop an awareness of visual information by interpreting and creating signs and symbols. A code can tell what the instructions mean. Look at a road map or a city map. Invite a musician to explain very generally to students how he or she knows what notes to play, when to play very loudly, etc. Principal Activities Music scores Have the students draw or construct a three-dimensional community.