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*Each student would need to negotiate with their teacher the tasks and the timeline. They would need to choose several Multi Intelligence rows.

KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION APPLICATION ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION

Linguistic Discover what

the currentwater

restrictions are.

List these.

Describe how your

family currently useswater saving

techniques.

How can you

show yourfamily about

other

techniques forsaving water?

Compare

your currentstrategies

with other

families.

Compose a letter to

the paper about watersaving strategies our

class members use.

Rate what is

happening inyour home

about water

saving. Justifyyour decision.

LogicalMathematical

Collect somewater usage

data from yourhome, eg.

average daily

water use,shower use, etc.

Summarize the datathat you have

discovered aboutyour water usage at

home.

Calculate howmuch water

could be savedif your family

restricted their

showers by 1min. each.

Work with afriend &

contrast yourdata with

theirs.

Develop a reportabout the results of

your data comparison.

Develop ahypothesis

about the wholeschool use

based on your

data.

VisualSpatial

Look at the adsfor the modern

appliances.Distinguish the

facts from

fiction in theirads.

Design an ad foryour current dish

washer/washingmachine to highlight

their water usage

abilities.

Illustrate howadvertisers use

their medium toconvince you

about their

product.

Draw, or finda diagram

that indicatesthe plumbing

within your

household.

Using your diagram,redesign how grey

water could bediverted.

Working with apartner, develop

some debatingpoints (for &

against) about

the use of greywater around

homes.

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KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION APPLICATION ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION

Musical Locate &/or record and save

some sounds

that could beused within an

electronicpublication.

Give examples ofthe sounds that you

have & collect ideas

about peoplesfeelings when these

sounds are played.

Use a soundediting piece of

software,

experiment withyour sounds.

Organizeyour sounds

into

categories. ie.Soothing,

aggravating,harsh, etc.

Demonstrate howsounds of water

moving in different

formats can affectpeoples moods.

Record fourwashing

machines/dish

washers adsfrom TV.

Assess thesound track that

they have used.Interpersonal Conduct a

survey in your

class to gatherdata about why

students thinksaving water is

or isntimportant

From your survey

data, make a list of

the five key for andagainst views

presented by yourfellow students.

With three of

your friends,

prepare a debateusing this

viewpoints asthe for and

againstarguments

What

additional

argumentscan you add

to both sidesto strengthen

the debate?

Does this accurately

reflect the current

situation? Discuss.

After the

debate, discuss

with this groupwhich side won

and why.

Intrapersonal Record a diary

for 1 weekrecording your

water usage.Classify your

usage eg.recreational,

food related,

etc.

Summarize your

feelings related toyour water usage.

Show how you

can modifyyour personal

water use.

Outline the

attitudes ofvarious

people inyour circle of

acquaintancesregarding

water saving.

Rate your friends

water savingstrategies.

Write a

statementdescribing how

your watersaving

strategiescompare with

your friends.

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*Each student would need to negotiate with their teacher the tasks and the timeline. They would need to choose several Multi Intelligence rows.

KNOWLEDGE COMPREHENSION APPLICATION ANALYSIS SYNTHESIS EVALUATION

Naturalist Research theeffect of storm

water run off

on the areasstreams &

waterways.

Write a brief reportexplaining this.

Identify stormwater drainage

areas in your

local area(around the

home or school)

What type ofpollution

could be

picked up bythese storm

water drains?

How might thispollution impact on

water quality?

Compare and contrastthe type of pollution in

urban and rural areas.

Evaluate waterquality

strategies in

urban and ruralareas

Bodily

Kinesthetic

Find a poem,

piece of musicor picture of

water that

appeals to you.

Write a brief report

on why this workappeals to you.

Choreograph some

movements thatcould be put to this

to enhance thiswork?

Perform your

piece for afriend, family

member(s) or

class.

Contrast your

work with afriends.

What

similarities/differencescan you find? Why do

you think this is so?

Find a

commerciallyproduced

water work

and evaluate.