Have students think about the people they know who could provide them information. Also use telephone book and yellow pages to identify community resources. Role play how to call a resource, introduce self and project, and arrange for visit. Given appropriate scheduling and transportation information, students arrange for and make visits. Be sure students are prepared with questions to ask, cameras for pictures, etc.
Students organize information, photos, illustrations, video, or other graphics into a presentation.
May use a poster, scrapbook, or overlays. Students make oral presentations to share how science and technology have impacted their topic. You may evaluate students' knowledge of how science and technology impacts art and music while they make their presentations. You may ask students to pick someone else's presentation and prepare a summary of the impact of science and technology on the topic. Extension Ideas Examine places the class visited and people interviewed.