The starfish, pictured below is an excellent example of endurance and adaptability. Even will the change in tides, water levels, and temperatures, this creature manages to live out its life on this rugged Washington State coast. As I consider Dale's Cone of Experience, I would use this picture with the third grade class I wrote with to facilitate a discussion on environment, adaptability, and survival of the fittest. Dale's Cone illustrates ways in which we learn and how to use as many options as possible to enhance the way in which students take in and assimilate information. By using written words, pictures and verbally discussion of the starfish, the student would retain more information about the starfish as illustrated by Dale's Cone of Experience.