MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF STUDY: The Olympic Games           YEAR LEVEL: Stage 2

Seven ways to be smart	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	List all the cities that have hosted a modern Olympic Games. OR List the 28 sports that will be played at the Athens Olympics.	Create a story map of a favourite Greek myth or legend.	Design a ticket for entry into an Olympic sport of your choice for the 2004 Games.	Write a biography for a current Australian Olympic athlete.	Design a book of Olympic world records. Ask your teacher for the proforma OR Create a Y chart for the 2004 Opening Ceremony.	Make a poster outlining five important rules for good sportsmanship. Make sure your rules relate to a particular sport.
I enjoy working with numbers & science	Draw a timeline to show the modern Olympic Games from 1986 to the present.	Categorise the host cities into their corresponding continents. OR Categorise the 28 sports into various categories.	Draw a Venn diagram to compare two Olympic sports.	Graph the medal tally for the Australian, Greek and a team of your choice for the Athens Games. OR Carry out a PMI for an Olympic sport.	Class activity Using pattern blocks, create a pictogram depicting an Olympic sport.	Rank ten favourite Olympic sports in order of preference.
I enjoy painting drawing & visualising	Collect Olympic photos from newspapers and magazines.	Make an Olympic collage using photos from the newspaper.	Make a diorama to illustrate a Greek myth or legend. OR Make a diorama of an Olympic sport.	Class activity Make a jigsaw puzzle of a favourite Olympic photo from a newspaper or magazine.	Create a mobile of Olympic symbols.	Evaluate the mobiles of Olympic symbols according to balance, colour and appeal.
I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Introduce yourself as an Olympic athlete. Tell about your sport including your achievements.	Class activity Play celebrity heads for Olympians past and present.	Design and make, on a cardboard cutout, a team uniform for athletes to wear to the opening ceremony of the Parramatta Olympic Games. (localise this)	Create a flow chart explaining how the Olympic flame is lit on Mount Olympus and its journey to the host city.	Design and make a torch for the Parramatta Olympic Games.	Evaluate the team uniforms in terms of comfort, visual appeal and how well it represents the team.
I enjoy making & listening to music	Listen to the music from the 2004 Opening Ceremony.	Name and draw three instruments used in a particular piece of Olympic music. Name the music chosen.	Create suitable dance movements for one minute of Olympic music.	Advertise the Parramatta Olympic Games by writing and performing a short jingle.	Create and write a simple rhythm for a percussion instrument to accompany 1 minute of music from the Opening Ceremony.	Write a response for the 2004 Opening Ceremony. Comment on colour, movement, music and cultural significance.
I enjoy working with others	Make a FACTS chart for an Olympic athlete OR an Olympic sport. Find out at least ten facts.	Write five open ended (clever) questions for an Olympic athlete.	Class activity Work with a partner or group, and create a mime depicting an Olympic sport. Have the class guess your sport.	Class activity Interview a partner in a hot seat activity. Use your five open ended questions.	Class activity With your group, create an Olympic cauldron for the Parramatta Olympics. Draw a labeled diagram.	Class activity Judge the cauldrons in terms of availability and appropriateness of materials, colour, significance to PPS.
I enjoy working by myself	Draw a picture of you playing your favourite sport.	What is your favourite sport? Write about it and explain the reasons why you like it.	Explain how you felt when your favourite athlete won their event.	Investigate an after school /weekend sport that you could participate in. List sport, team, cost, uniform, venue, time, coach and any other interesting information.	Create a scrapbook of ‘Olympic highlights’.	Evaluate the performance of an Australian athlete at the 2004 Games.