1. Multiple Intelligences

2. Journal Part 1
Please describe for me you favorite activity that you like to participate in on a regular basis. (Think about an activity that you lose track of time when doing it. One that you would love to do daily and that came very easily to you.)

3. Human Intelligence Hunt
Please go around the room and get signatures of students whom can do the different activities listed. Write their name next to the activity that they are good at.

4. So, what is multiple intelligences?
Multiple Intelligences: nine ways of relating to ideas, to ourselves, and to others; sometimes called the nine ways of being smart-they are………

5. Verbal/Linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Visual/Spatial
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Existential
Naturalist
Musical/Rhythmic

6. Group Work
Make a poster explaining you intelligence. Include the following pieces of information about a student with this intelligence: strengths, classes that relate, and possible outlets that utilize this when experiencing a crisis.
For example: a clothing construction intelligence. Strengths: good at layout patterns, following directions, fitting of patterns, sewing seams. Classes : Creative Clothing, CAD and interior design. Outlets: starting a new project (ie. a quilt), attending a quilting club, visit the Quilt Museum.

7. Visual/Spatial
Students are visual/spatial (art/space smart) when they:
Think in pictures and images
Are good with spatial relations
Have a good eye for detail and color
“See” solutions to problems
Learn through visuals
Like to draw and create

8. Group Locations V/L – blue Intra- purple Ex-orange
BK- green Inter-grey N-green
S-brown M-pink LM-blue

9. Bodily/Kinesthetic
Students are bodily/kinesthetic (body smart) when they:
Are highly coordinated
Use gestures and body language
Take things apart and fix them
Learn through “hands on” activities
Enjoy acting and role-playing
Enjoy dancing and athletic

10. Logical/ Mathematical
Students are logical/mathematical
Smart when they:
Think in numbers, patterns and algorithms
Think clearly and analytically
Learn by appeal to logic
Use abstract symbols
Solve logic problems easily
Are good in Math

11. Intrapersonal Students are intrapersonal (self-smart) when they:
Need time to process information
Think about their own thinking
Have strong opinions and beliefs
Are introspective
Know themselves well
Like quiet time alone

12. Interpersonal Students are Interpersonal (people smart) when they:
Make and maintain friends easily
Understand and respect others
Lead and organize others
Resolve conflicts
Learn by interacting with others
Like to work and be with others

13. Naturalist Students are naturalist (nature smart) when they:
Are aware of their natural surroundings
Discriminate different flora and fauna
Are good at sorting and classifying
Have keen observational skills
Understand natural phenomena
Garden or care for pets or animals

14. Verbal/Linguistic Students are verbal/linguistic
(word smart) when they:
Learn through reading, writing, discussing
Communicate effectively
Have a good vocabulary
Write clearly
Spell easily
Think in words

15. Musical/Rhythmic Students are musical/rhythmic
(music smart) when they:
Have a good sense of rhythm and melody
Like to sing, hum, chant and rap
Enjoy listening to music
Read and write music
Learn through music and lyrics
Enjoy creating music

16. Existential Intelligence
Students are Existential Smart when they:
Pose questions about life, death and ultimate realities
Questions may be…
What was the world like before I was born?
What life might be like on another planet
Where do pets go after they have passed on?
Where animals understand each other
Is there really another Dimension?
Is there the existence of ghosts and spirits?
Famous People include Aristotle, Confucius, Einstein, Emerson, Plato, Socrates.

17. Key Points in Multiple Intelligences Theory
Everyone has all 9 intelligences
Most can develop all 9 to competence
Intelligences usually work together
There are many ways to be intelligent in each category.

18. Multiple Intelligence Assignment Journal Part 2
What is your top intelligence? Give three reasons why you feel you are strong in this area. How can this intelligence help you when you face a crisis in the future?
What is your weakest intelligence? Give three reasons why you feel you are weak in this area. How can being weak in this intelligence cause a crisis or effect how you deal with a crisis in the future?