We were doing symbiotic relationships in Natural Sciences and I decided that creating dioramas to show these relationships would be a lot of fun. It certainly was, but in hindsight I realise that they learnt more about art than symbiotic relationships in the process. They will probably always remember their chosen relationship and will be able to rattle off what mutualism, commensalism and parasitism is, but they could have learnt so much more if they did not done the project.
Such a project only works if they can do it at home with their parents‘ support… not using up weeks of lesson time…. but it is done and here are the results.