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Activity #1: The Five Senses and Multiple
Intelligence.
We, as humans, have definitely 5 senses that
we can perceive, sense, and make observations about
the world around us. Our 5 senses also allow us to
learn about the world we inhabit.
A. Draw the human body and label the attributes
(body parts) that are used to sense the world
around us (5 senses).
B. Name the sense or senses.
C. Give a short explanation of how that body
part is used to sense the world around us.
You may also give an example.
D. Identify how these same body parts aid in
learning. For example, your ears are used for
hearing; but they also enable our musical and
interpersonal intelligence.
E. This information should be written in
paragraph form (English).
F. An example of this activity can be found on
this spelling sheet.
Activity #2: Internet Activity
A. Go the following web site:
http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp
/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm
Before Taking the Quiz
B. On a fresh piece of paper, and by using the web
site above, write down a definition of the 8 types
of intelligence – IMPORTANT – Do not copy
down the definitions found on the web site. You
must write down these definitions in your own
words.
C. Next to each of these definitions, draw an “icon”
or “smiley” that best represents this sort of
intelligence. We’ve done a similar activity
before.
Take the quiz
D. “Take the quiz” on multiple intelligence.
E. When are you finished taking the quiz, copy down the pie chart that show your results (yes, I would
like your pie charts to be draw and copied by hand.
F. Copy down your code (This will be mean that I will be able to check your work )
After the quiz.
G. In a short paragraph, identify three areas of proficiency (The Multiple Intelligences are your
strengths).
H. Identify one of your Multiple Intelligences that you are less proficient (not as strong)
I. Briefly explain how you can make improvements in this area.
Activity 3: Questions for your consideration.
Read the article on intelligence in order to answer the following questions. Do not copy the answers
from your article “word for word”. Whenever possible, you must use your own explanations. You
may write your answers on the lines that follow the article.
What is IQ?
1. What does an IQ test measure?
2. What is IQ an acronym for?
3. Who create the first intelligence test and when?
4. IQ tests are best to measure which intelligences?
5. What are some qualities that cannot be measured by an IQ test?
The 10% myth
6. In your own words, describe a myth.
7. In a short paragraph, explain the 10% myth. (What is the myth, and why is the myth not true).
Your Smart Brain
8. What is ASL?
9. Stephen Hawkins in an expert in which field of study (how is he an expert)?
10. In a short paragraph, explain why Stephen Hawkins teaches us an important lesson about why
we, “should not judge a book by its cover”.
Example:
Activity 1 - The 5 senses.
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1. Mouth: Taste
People use their mouth to taste.
It is our tongue that allows us to
sense the difference between
sweet, sour, salty and bitter.
Children will also use their
mouth to touch. Our mouths
also help us learn about
languages (Linguistic
Intelligence) and about other
People (Interpersonal
Intelligence).
What is IQ?
IQ is the acronym for intelligent quotient, and
refers to a score given for several standardized
intelligence tests. The first of these was
developed by French psychologist Alfred Binet in
1905. He constructed the IQ test, as it would later
be called, to determine which children might
need additional help in scholarly pursuits. Today,
the IQ test is commonly based on some model of
the Stanford Binet Intelligence scale.
Not all intelligence can be measured by an IQ
test. In fact, primarily, an IQ test measures
mathematical and spatial reasoning, logical
ability, and language understanding. Thus a
person who is speaking English as a second
language might score poorly on the language
comprehension aspects of a test, and an IQ test
would not be an adequate measurement of
intelligence.
Further an IQ test does not measure things like
life experience, wisdom, or personal qualities like
being a good friend or a devoted spouse. So it is
not a predictor of a person’s quality or worth,
though it has occasionally been used as such.
The 10% myth – (myth: a traditional story
accepted as history; serves to explain the world view
of a people)
The human brain is one of the most complicated
devices that you could think of. It's a very expensive
organ - from a metabolic point of view. It takes a lot
of energy to run the brain. Even though it weighs only
about 2% of our body weight, it uses about 20% of
our blood supply and 20% of our energy - and it
generates about 20% of our heat. There are many
myths about this mysterious organ. One persistent
myth is that we really use only 10% of our brain - and
that if we could use the remaining 90% we could each
win a Nobel Prize or a gold medal at the Olympics, or
even unleash our supposed psychic powers.
The myth that we use only 10% of our brain is finally being proved untrue, because over the last few
decades, we have invented new technologies (such as Positron Emission Tomography and Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that can show the metabolism of the brain. In any one single activity
(talking, reading, walking, laughing, eating, looking, hearing, etc) we use only a few per cent of our
brain - but over a 24-hour day, all the brain will light up on the scan.
Your Smart Brain
Stephen Hawkins has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS – a
disease that means he can’t control his muscles. ALS keeps
Hawking’s body in a wheelchair, but not his mind. Many
people consider Hawking the most intelligent person alive
today.
He’s a cosmologist – a person who tries to figure out
the mind-boggling mysteries of what the universe is like, when
it began and how and when it’s likely to end. He’s already
changed many experts’ views on what black holes are and
what happens inside them.
Hawking can tackle this difficult work because he’s
very intelligent. And his impressive intelligence comes from
his brain, just as your intelligence comes from your brain –
that wrinkly lump of squishy, pinkish tissue inside your head.
Without your intelligence, you wouldn’t know a turnip from a toucan. You couldn’t learn your
name or tie your shoelaces. And you definitely wouldn’t be able to read this article.