In the idea-based class, modeling and scaffolding was used to help students participate in the experience of seeing and appreciating the world through the lens of adaptation. Here I will describe some of the modeling and scaffolding used for teaching the concept of adaptation. Similar methods were used in teaching evolution. In terms of modeling, I often talked about how I perceived animals in terms of their adaptations, and I talked about how understanding their adaptation made these animals so much more interesting to me. For instance, I expressed my fascination at being able to see the polar bear as a walking greenhouse