MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF WORK

UNIT OF STUDY: Living With Salt YEAR LEVEL: Science Y9/10

Multiple Intelligences	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	Name the government departments working on the remedy for salinity	Outline how salt can build up in the soil.	Design a web page (poster, PowerPoint pres), on the hydrological cycle	Write to the editor of your local newspaper comparing salt levels in rivers from Albury-Deni-S.A.	Design a banner for “Living With Salt” Salinity stand that could act as an entry point to a local Agriculture show	Debate the Amount of money necessary to rectify salt issues, (governments spending versus Farmer Federation figures)
Mathematical I enjoy working with numbers & science	Write the word and symbol equations for typical salts found in soils and water	Prepare a flowchart for the movement and build up of water underground	Contrast Irrigation salinity versus dryland salinity with the Knowledge that vegetation uses water	SWOT analysis of planting trees to fix salt problem	Devise an experiment to test plants ability to grow in varying saline conditions	Justify the need to spend resources on fixing salt problems
Visual I enjoy painting, drawing & visualising	Draw a map of Australia around 40-20 million years ago (inland salt sea)	Match Dryland, Irrigation, Urban salinity to the relevant diagrams of how it occurs	Design a web page (poster, PowerPoint pres), on the hydrological cycle use photos where possible	Compare and contrast (using a Venn diagram) State of the Enviro report 2001 Key findings, land and inland waters (+ve,-ve from SOE)	Design a banner for “Living With Salt” Salinity stand that could act as an entry point to a local Agriculture show	Prepare a multimedia project based on two possible paths 1. If we take no action on salinity 2. if we take action (use a flow of maps)
Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Using the whole class mime out the water cycle	Carry out the salt experiment to test plants ability to grow in varying saline conditions	Illustrate by a Role play farmers, government officials, tourists views of salt crisis	Prepare a multimedia project based on two possible paths 1. If we take no action on salinity 2. if we take action (use a flow of maps)	Prepare a multimedia project based on two possible paths 1. If we take no action on salinity 2. if we take action (use a flow of maps)	Prepare a multimedia project based on two possible paths 1. If we take no action on salinity 2. if we take action (use a flow of maps)
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music	Find a song related to salinity or environmental issues	Listen to the various Environmental songs and find the themes that run through them	Come up with an advertising ditty 30s-2.00 mins that explains an issue of salinity	Come up with an advertising ditty 30s-2.00 mins that explains an issue of salinity	Compose an advertising ditty 30s-2.00 mins that explains an issue of salinity	Pick an environmental song (Midnight Oil’s songs are good examples) Argue with reference to environmental issues the lyrics expressed in the song
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others	In groups of 3 Make a salt meter from basic electrical equipment	Using the salt meter test different saline waters and plot graphically	Report to the other groups your results from the salinity and plant experiment	Compare your results with others and formulate a group results example of the salinity and plants experiment	Construct a group experiment similar to the salinity and plants experiment on germination in saline conditions	In small groups recommend a plan to assist in the rehabilitation of saline land or water
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself	Find Internet sites that deal with the salinity issue	Express how you feel about Governments imposing restrictions on how to use your water for irrigation appropriately	Keep a journal/diary of your results from the salinity and plants experiment.	Prepare a mind map as a summary of your understanding of the whole salinity debate	Prepare a multimedia project based on two possible paths 1. If we take no action on salinity 2. if we take action (use a flow of maps	Reflect on your own feelings about how the water cycle, land and salinity are interconected