MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
UNIT OF STUDY: What’s Alive
YEAR LEVEL: 1
Outcomes: LTS1.3 PSS1.5 ESS1.6
Seven ways
to be smart
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
Knowing
Understanding
Applying
Verbal
List things you
would need to
have on a farm
Explain why you chose
Design a poster /
your farm as well as good brochure for your
farming practices
farm produce
Mathematical
Data – Farmer
graphs animal
stock numbers
List farm in terms of
importance to Australia
and what they produce
On a map of NSW
mark the farming
regions
Visual/Spatial
Create a farm –
draw
Print stencils of farm
animals – paint
Role play
different farm
animals
Mime farming activities.
Class must guess
Draw a map
showing the
location of the
farm
Role play a farmer
explaining a
farming procedure
to visitors
Old MacDonald
had a farm
Write a song/jingle for
your farm type and
percussion accompany
Kinaesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
Prepare a group Discuss problems faced
presentation on a by farmers ie, drought,
farm
plague etc
Intrapersonal
Discuss the
importance of
still having
farms
Visualise and write a
description of a scene in
your park
Analysing
Create a database /
slideshow of what
farms have the
same/different
Discover how many
farms in your local area
Compare / contrast 2
farms from different
areas
Creating
Design a new piece
of machinery for
your farm.
Evaluating
Create a plan for the
farm for the next 3
years
Design a farm with
Discuss whether the
specific surface areas governments should
help support farmers
in bad times
Create a 3D model
Evaluate some books
of your farm
you have read about
your farm
Create a small play
about environmental
damage to farmland
Perform play
Write a rap about
your farm safety
rules
Design a program to
teach rules and
responsibility
associated with your
farm
Re-create the sound
effects from 2 different
farms
Make a sound map
of a walk through
your farm
Create music to
accompany your play
Write questions to
pose to other
groups about their
farms
Write a story
about a visit to a
farm
Prepare a survey and
interview
parents/friends about
farming
Self evaluation of the
farm poster. Sell or no
sell of farm
Carry out research
on rare/old breeds of
farm animals
Interview a local
farmer
Predict the effect of
drought on farm if
no water is present
Carry out an analysis
on farm old/new style