MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF WORK

UNIT OF STUDY: Flight YEAR LEVEL: 5/6

Multiple Intelligences	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	List the different types of ‘flight’ transport	Write an information report about one aspect of flight.	Prepare and deliver a short speech contrasting several forms of flight transport.	Investigate more unusual forms of flight by reading and researching in the library.	Predict what would happen if some or all of flight transport stopped working.	Form teams and conduct a debate. ‘ Should all airlines tickets be the same price’ for domestic flights?’
Mathematical I enjoy working with numbers & science	Classify your list into jet, propeller, sail, wings	Research the number of people in a primary class who have been on a flight recently.	Construct a map of Australia. Obtain flight distance and times.	Analyse speed of plane and distance flown into hours and minutes.	Create a plan to the improve the seating aspects of a plane (given the measurements & maximum capacity)	Complete an evaluation of an excursion to an airport,
Visual I enjoy painting drawing & visualising	Graph the types of planes. Research what airlines have as their ‘fleet’	Design and colour Boeing 747 plane to reflect a new design for the Australian Olympians to travel to Greece	Create a slide show with information/ description or narrative – using pictures located on the internet	Invent a ‘perfect’ seat/bed for ultimate travel Illustrate and label.	Invent a form of futuristic flight. Design and illustrate.	Discuss the futuristic flight designs. Could they ever work?
Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Game. Charades Describe through mime – words associated with flight.	Draw an aerial view of a city from a plane	Construct an airplane from a variety of materials – paper, balsa etc	Role play the safety briefing from a plane. (after reading airplane safety brochure)	Create a board (in Microsoft word Tables) with a flight theme.	Design and create a poster/ mini project showing what you have learnt about flight
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music	Learn and sing- ‘Leaving on a jet plane’	Create percussion rhythms to accompany song . Up Up and away in my beautiful balloon	Listen to ‘sounds tape’ and classify sounds as – plane, helicopter,	Re create sounds of airplanes to make a sound scape	In a group compose a ‘flight rap’.	Perform ‘ flying/flight’ songs at Assembly.
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others	Test your plane against other class members.	Design and put together a wall mural the history of flight with pictures and information.	With a friend, draw/ illustrate and label an airplane from earlier times	In small groups investigate the flight patterns of Qantas, Virgin Blue – compare.	With a partner create a new logo for Qantas.	In a group devise safety and security signs for use at a airport. (to assist first time travellers or non English speaking passengers)
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself	Describe how you felt (would feel) standing, waiting to board your first flight.	Write a diary entry about the excursion to an airport.	What would you like to experience as a passenger on a long haul flight given the choices available Research airline websites.	Why is it exciting going to the airport? Choose a destination anywhere in the world. Explain choices.	Predict what flight will be like in the future.	Complete a personal reflection on the ‘flight’ unit.