The Body

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

	Intrapersonal	Interpersonal	Spatial	Kinaesthetic	Musical	Verbal / Linguistic	Logical / Mathematical
Remember	Tell how you feel when your body is slowly waking up. Describe your bodily changes.	In groups, gather pictures of different bodies.	Make a body collage.	Mime how you feel when: tired energetic.	Make a body symphony using noises your body makes.	List as many body parts as you can in alphabetical order.	Group body parts into their different systems. Eg intestines = digestive.
Understand	Compile a list of sounds your body can make.	Talk to your partner about how your finger nails are similar to you hair.	Create a body ‘maze’.	Mime eating different foods - guess what they are eg pie, mango, apple, banana, soup	Sing ‘The Body Jive’.	Write a description about what bones are and why we need them.	Conduct a survey on which body part your peers value most. Graph your results.
Applying	Create a mind map on ‘The digestive system’.	Create a PE activity using different body parts.	Design a poster for ‘a healthy body’.	Demonstrate some movement exercises for keeping fit.	Clap rhythm of words associated with the body eg stinky underarms, dirty back molars.	Create a glossary of body parts.	Make a time-line or flow chart or checklist of personal care habits in a day.
Analysing	Express your feelings about ads on T V about peoples weight.	Interview a body part. Eg heart, eyes, feet.	Develop a jigsaw puzzle of the body.	Teach other students how to: * wash hands * clean teeth * cut nails.	Develop and perform a ‘jingle’ for body movement.	Write a recipe for a ‘healthy’ dish.	Do a PMI on your feet.
Evaluating	Imagine how you would feel if you went for a long time without sleep. Describe the effect of your body	Talk to mum and dad about ideas for improving people’s diets. Write these ideas down	Collect body ads from magazines. Discuss.	Develop a diet / fitness program for yourself or children.	Make a ‘body’ instrument and evaluate its effectiveness.	Complete a report on the body including: it’s uses, bad points and interesting facts.	Plan a healthy meal and gain costings for ingredients.
Creating	Make a class book about ‘our interesting body parts’.	Design a morning tea menu for school. (Healthy and reasonably priced.)	Design a wall mural related to ‘our bodies’.	Make a fruit body and take a photo.	Perform a musical item about the body. (Sing, move)	Write a poem About the gross things your body does.	Start with a body part (an answer) and make up questions.