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Multiple Intelligences Grade 1 to 12 - ASCD- 4300

The American Society for Curriculum Development offers this quick guide and fact sheet on multiple intelligences. It includes articles and a FAQ listing with expert authors and respondents. Try this one for a quick introduction to the concept, or to find resources for further exploration.

Multiple Intelligences Grade 4 to 12 - Birmingham Grid For Learning- 8340

Help your students to determine their own individual intelligences by using this website. The website provides information about the various intelligences, an interactive quiz (available in text or audio versions), and a detailed results page. This site requires Flash, get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..

In the Classroom:
Use a computer lab or laptops to help students learn more about how they learn. For many students, this could be part of a plan for how to study and be successful in the new school year. This would be a great "first week of school" activity or part of a unit on study skills. For gifted students finally "hitting the wall" and having to learn to study in high school, this self-analysis could be very helpful.

Physics Songs Grade 10 to 12 - Mr. White's Grade 12 Physics Class, Rothesay High School- 7317

Whether you are trying to inspire physics for musicians or give your students an alternate way to study for tests, these student-written songs for physics are certain to be a hit.

In the Classroom:
If your classes are into podcasting, this is a great way to involve them in a creative way to show what they know about physics. It also provides options for multiple intelligences.

Workshop: Tapping Into Multiple Intelligences Grade K to 12 - ThirteenEd Online- 6775

This FREE online workshop for teachers provides understanding of Gardner's Multiple Intelligances and applications for this theory in the classroom. WNET, the New York PBS affiliate, is the parent comapny for this online teacher workshop project and is known for their consistent high-quality productions. Even the "buzzwords" of M.I. are included and explained, along with practical ideas for real teachers to use.

In the Classroom:
Make it your goal for the year to try implementing a multiple intelligences model of instruction and watch your students each find strengths and build new ones.

Detective Fiction in the Urban Classroom Grade 5 to 8 - Yale University- 984

Originally designed for Chapter I students, this unit introduces the detective novel through the framework of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. In the selected literary readings, "the good guy always wins, brains always outwit brawn," and "human life is regarded with the highest respect." Writing skills, deductive reasoning, and related vocabulary are stressed.

Learning Style Inventory Grade 5 to 12 - Brett Bixler- 8587

This visually "plain vanilla" learning style inventory, created by an instructional designer at Penn State, is simple enough to use in a middle or high school classroom without explaining elaborate personality traits and indexes to preteens and young adults. (There is one unfortunate mention of smoking, since the inventory was designed for college students. You may want to point it out and make an active disclaimer. about not promoting smoking!). This free, simplified inventory is short enough to complete and discuss during one class period. NOTE: the results of the invnetory come up in a small pop-up window. Make sure your pop-up blocker is not preventing you from seeing them. The Google and Yahoo toolbars block pop-ups! In Internet Explorer, you can temporarily turn off the blocker by RIGHT-clicking on the narrow yellow bar that appears at the top of the web page window.

In the Classroom:
Regular ed and learning support teachers from middle school up will want to share this resource with students and parents to help students find the most effective ways to study and retain knowledge. Include the link on your teacher web page (with a note about the unfortunate mention of smoking!) or plan a start-of-the year in-class time to help students get off on the right foot. Even teachers of gifted (whose students are notorious for inconsistent study methods because they have not "needed" to study) will find this resource helpful when students "hit the wall" in challenging courses. As part of a study skills unit, have students self-assess and create a single database of the class members' learning styles and subject strengths so they can find peer-tutors during study halls.

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods Grade 8 to 12 - Ralph Lengler and Martin J. Eppler- 8578

Who says the chemistry department can monopolize the periodic table? This site highlights various charts, graphic organizers, tables, and other ways to express information visually. The presentation makes the sell (or better grade). Teachers, especially secondary school, will appreciate this page to show the various ways to make their students' presentations more meaningful. Those who teach advanced reading skills and how to interpret visual data will love all the examples, as well. Hold your mouse over each square of the periodic table to view each type of visual.

In the Classroom:
Viewing this with the entire class will be more effective with the interactive whiteboard or projector. Teachers in any subject will find this site invaluable in teaching how to make strong visuals for oral or written presentations. What powerful evidence for multiple intelligences! Your visual/spatial students will LOVE this one, and others will learn to build that intelligence. Try these same strategies in YOUR PowerPoint presentations to communicate ideas visually, without being "powerpointless" at back to school night!

The Renaissance Connection Grade 6 to 10 - Allentown Art Museum- 8571

This is a great website for student interaction! It does require Flash to get the full effect and animation (Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.). With a click of a mouse you can be transported 500 years back in time, complete with digital images, interactive activities, maps, timelines, and more. The music that matches each section also adds to the authenticity in taking students to this time.While this site was originally for middle school students, it would work very well with 9-10th graders simply because it will hold their attention. The site includes lesson plans and ideas for language arts, art, science, social studies, and math, as well as a general introduction lesson.

In the Classroom:
Even if you only have one day to spend, you can use this site to focus on inventions or provide background before you read Shakespeare or look at Renaissance art. Start by sharing the interactive timeline of six themes of the Renaissance (Start from Art Explorer) as an introduction on a projector or whiteboard, then send student groups to different areas of the site to become "experts" on different facets of the Renaissance. The varied activities provide easy ways to differentiate or address multiple intelligences. Be sure to plan a culminating day when students share their new expertise in the form of presentations, products, or plays.

Every Picture Tells a Story Grade K to 3 - ARTSEDGE — the National Arts and Education Network- 8543

Students express themselves creatively, build comprehension, and learn about the parts of a writing in this two part lesson. They also develop vocabulary attack skills. Students create their own illustrations and decipher those of others to go with a text. They also create a "wall story" to review the organization of story, fill in missing details, and retell the story in a variety of ways.

In the Classroom:
This lesson would work well when team-taught by art and reading teachers or by a self-contained elementary teacher who wants to address multiple intelligences while teaching comprehension. Speech/language and learning support teachers will also find this lesson idea effective as they encourage expressive language. An alternative to the "wall" would be to create the drawings on an interactive whiteboard and SAVE and print the file.

Who Fits the Ism Webquest Grade 6 to 9 - Janice Biebrich- 8472

This integrated activity was created for Art, Language Arts and Social Studies. It includes activities designed to allow students to investigate an Art movement in historical context and to apply their research to a situation where they must judge whether another artist's work and philosophy would be compatible with the movement. There are built-in extension activities and ways to address multiple intelligences within the webquest.

Ideal for working with Humanities, teachers can use this site for art, language arts, or social studies. Teachers of gifted will also find it a great way to approach art--even for those who are not "artistic."

In the Classroom:
This site includes all the prerequisites for good webquests: introduction through evaluation. If you want to gear this to older students, more sites could be added to reflect your units. The sophistication of the final projects is up to you and your class, but the choices offered are a good variety.

Twain: Tom Sawyer—Mythic Adventurer Grade 8 to 12 - Jayne Karsten- 8291

This lesson focuses on the content and style of development in Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and explores the nature of Tom Sawyer as a youthful "American Adam." Offered in seven 45-minute lesson plans, this site has great activities, particularly for 8th and 9th graders. It incorporates Twain's classic with a humanities angle that gives students a broader view of what education and life were like in the mid-19th century in America.

In the Classroom:
Use portions of these lessons; then allow students to choose among the various project options, perhaps using multiple intelligence approach to facilitate their choices.

A Way with Words or Say What? Grade 5 to 8 - Mary Beth Bauernschub- 7335

Shakespeare invented over 2,000 words and expressive phrases. In this lesson, students use drawing and pantomime to identify and analyze some of Shakespeare's phrases. They then write a story using the newly-identified words, lines, and phrases. There are 2 45-minute lesson plans that enable students to:
--identify words invented by William Shakespeare.
--interpret the meaning of words through drawing.
--identify words by interpreting drawings.
--analyze the meaning of a line or phrase.
--pantomime to communicate the meaning of a line or phrase.
--interpret pantomime to identify a line or phrase.
--write a short story using Shakespeare invented words, lines, and phrases.

In the Classroom:
Intersperse these ideas as you read a play, giving your students a chance to exercise multiple intelligences.

Geometry and Art Grade 6 to 12 - Indianapolis Museum of Art- 6457

Interactive site on geometry in art from the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Explore polygons, lines, and three dimensional shapes as they appear in art. Answer questions about reflections, rotations, prisms, and many other geometry terms (complete with glossary links) as found works of art on the screen. Really challenge students to SEE geometry in a whole new world and see MATH in Art. A great way to appeal to multiple intelligences in math or art class while reinforcing important concepts. Spend a day on laptops and assign the students to complete specified sections or include this link on your teacher web site.