Teachers can adapt the activity to three levels depending on students’ curiosity, confidence, and experience:
- Beginners: Students create a simple composition using one type of natural material (e.g., leaf collage). They explore the material with guided questions that encourage curiosity such as noticing shape, texture, or colour. Material collection is supported by the teacher, and the theme is structured to help students begin observing nature with interest.
- Advanced learners: Students combine several types of natural materials and create a small scene. Curiosity is fostered through group exploration, where students compare findings and discuss unexpected discoveries. A brief oral reflection allows them to share what surprised them and what new details they noticed.
Experts: Students design a more complex creation that expresses a personal idea, symbolic meaning, or abstract concept (e.g., representing a season or mood). They independently plan their work, guided by curiosity-driven inquiry—asking deeper questions about materials, their qualities, and how they can communicate meaning. Exploration and self-directed investigation are central at this level.