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Introducing students to Multiple Intelligence theory
Published August 14, 2008 Classroom Community , Grade 4 , Grade 5 , Grade 6 , Health , Lesson Plans , Links 0 CommentsTags: multiple intelligences
A quick googling of “multiple intelligences” results in a laundry list of websites explaining the basic theory, but not a whole lot to introduce the concept to students. Here are some activities that I dreamed up to illustrate each area of intelligence, and activate that intelligence a little.
- First, students will need some paper to write some notes and draw some pictures.
- Visual/Spatial - Create a detailed drawing out of a simple line
- Verbal/Linguistic - write a short story about your drawing
- Logical/Mathematical - Magic squares addition puzzle. 9 points puzzle.
- Musical - Write your three favorite songs. Play “Name that tune” with a partner by humming or drumming the song.
- Natural - List as many cat species as possible in 60 seconds.
- Kinesthetic - Cross Crawl
- Stand with your feet slightly apart, arms at your sides. Lift your right knee toward your chest as you cross your left hand over the midline of your body, placing the hand, palm open, to the outside of the right knee.
- Return to the starting position, and repeat with the right hand and left knee to complete 1 set. Do at least 12 sets. You can perform this move quickly and rhythmically to build energy, or very slowly to emphasize balance.
- Interpersonal - Write down three get-to-know you questions. Interview one other student.
- Intrapersonal - Answer the question “What do you do that makes you feel smart?”
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Current events articles in Science from Arizona State University.
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Kapp Notes: It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn
Solid list of games from an edugaming master. I only had time for Arcademic Skill Builders and Energy Hogs which are both very cool.
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GTD = Get Things Done (Online Productivity Tools Get Real)
Slideshow from Patricia F. Anderson listing many web 2.0 tools for managing lists and projects.
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Cool math 4 kids .com - The Timernator (online addition practice game)
Timed addition challenge that asks “how many problems can you do in 60 seconds?” Two levels of difficulty.
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Google’s answer to Wikipedia. Each article is backed by an “expert” and subject to rating by users. Anyone with a google account can do a write up on a new topic.
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“a complete list and summary of each of the activity ideas that are featured in Playing to Learn.”
Many good ideas for projects related to gaming. Not all gaming activities.
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Seems like a good book with interesting resources and ideas.
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ZAC (Zone for Autistic Children) is developed specifically for children with autism and autism-spectrum disorders. It allows the child to interact with and play the many games and activities, as well as experience independence using it. ZAC also offers a forum for teachers, parents, and caretakers to share resources.
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“Red Zebra assures parents of early readers that their little one’s search for, say, a unicorn image brings up only G-rated sites. Results are presented like a fan with images of each screen, so your child can scroll through and click on the site that offers the closest match.” [via Edutopia]
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“dida” stands for “Diploma in Digital Applications.” It also stands for awesome interactive training in a wide variety of programs and applications. From word processing and email basics to Video editing and vector graphics, these trainings won’t work perfectly for computer lab busy work, but they will introduce key concepts and procedures without a lot of the typical first-time frustration. [thanks Graham Macleod]
tags: technology, tutorial, tbot
