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Multiple Intelligence

Howard Gardner from Harvard University says people have different types of intelligences. He has identified 7 intelligences; Linguistic ,

Logical, Spatial , Musical , Body-Kinesthetic , Interpersonal ﻿and Intrapersonal. Naturalist has been added as the eighth intelligence.

Together they are known as the Multiple Intelligences. Gradner was a phychologist who looked at the way we learn. Do the quiz on pqge 16,17,and

18 of your planner to find out what intelligences are your strengths.



When planning your project, Ask the Right Questions! Certain questions will help you look at the possibilities for involving as many intelligences as possible:

Linguistic: How can I use the spoken or written word?

Logical-Mathematical: How can I bring in numbers, calculations, logic, classifications, or critical thinking?

Spatial: How can I use visual aids, visualization, color, art, metaphor, or visual organizers?

Musical: How can I bring in music or environmental sounds, or set key points in a rhythm or melody?

Bodily-Kinesthetic: How can I involve the whole body, or hands-on experiences?

Interpersonal: How can I engage students in peer or cross-age sharing, cooperative learning or large-group simulation?

Intrapersonal: How can I evoke personal feelings or memories, or give students choices?

Traditional teaching strategies tend to focus on verbal/linguistic and mathematical/logical intelligences alone. This can create frustration for people who are comfortable with less traditional learning modalities, such as kinesthetic, visual, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, or naturalist. Project Based Learning allows for a greater number of learning strategies. Students help choose their own projects and create learning opportunities based upon their individual interests and strengths .Here are some project ideas for each of the intelligences:

Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence

Write a poem, short story, skit or article about… Write the script of a radio/television program about… Conduct an interview with…on… Debate…with classmates Write a journal entry describing… Present your project about… Tell a story to describe…

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Classify the following… Create a flowchart about… Translate into a mathematical formula/scientific model.. Use Inspiration (or similar mapping software) to chart… Plan and conduct an experiment on… Create analogies to explain… Find and explain patterns in…

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Draw, illustrate, paint, photograph, sculpt or sketch… Create visual metaphors/analogies about… Map a story or narrative… Create a “wanted” poster for… Create a powerpoint, scrapbook, video or webpage about… Design a pattern, illustration that demonstrates… Design a three-dimensional model to demonstrate… Design a board game to demonstrate.. Create an organizer to demonstrate… Chart, cluster, graph, or map…

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Design a pantomime to describe… Dramatize… Create a dance or sequence of movements to explain… Build or construct a model to illustrate… Demonstrate hands-on experiments that… Participate in a field trip that will… Design relay race that will… Create a scavenger hunt to…

Musical Intelligence

Write and sing a song/rap that explains… Write a rhyming poem… Give examples of songs/melodies that match the mood of… Play a musical instrument to demonstrate… Describe background sounds that would demonstrate… Write a short musical to demonstrate… Indicate rhythmical patterns in…

Interpersonal Intelligence

Design a commercial/brochure/ad campaign that… Work with a partner/group to… Write a play/story/journal entry that describes relationship between… Teach a classmate/the class about… Write a dramatic monologue about… Conduct a class meeting to… Work with younger students to… Role play a conflict situation about… Plan and participate in a community service project to… Raise social awareness about…

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Write a journal entry/personal story describing… Evaluate your work in… Write a personal response to a story/photograph about… Participate in a round table talk about your feelings about… Set a goal and work independently to…

Natural Intelligence

Draw or photograph natural objects… Tour a…and write observations about… Trace map journey and describe geographical sites that… Keep an observation notebook of… Identify and classify birds/trees/insects… Build a collection of… Keep a log of care of animals, plants, etc… Talk to a local scientist about it

Here is a link to a website that contained the above ideas __[]__ Here is Howard Gardner talking about Multiple Intelligences himself (you will need to have access to Youtube) __[|www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2QtSbP4FRg&feature=related]__