Suggested activities based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory
MI/Blooms / Verbal/
Linguistic / Logical/
Mathematical /
Visual/spatial
/Body/
kinesthetic
/Musical/
rhythmical
/Interpersonal
/Intrapersonal
/Naturalist
/Spiritual
Remembering / List people who work in courts.Identify people who could be involved in attending court. / Find out how skating competitions are scored. / Create a collage using pictures of skate park activities or skaters / List tricks or moves made on a skate-board. / Find a poem/song about skating or environmental issues. / Work with others to decide how to find out what others think about skate parks. / List the people who might be involved in the building of a skate park / List desirable facilities for a safe high quality skate park. / Identify two common oaths taken to give evidence in a court.
Understanding / List different courts and their functions.
Draw a floor plan of one of these courts. / Design your own scoring pro forma. / Locate a skate park on a map or in a street directory. / Ask someone to show you how some tricks/moves are performed. / Write a song or poem focussing on an environmental issue or the skate park debate. / Develop a survey to collect the above information. / How would a skate park affect your environment? / How will the environment be affected if a skate park is built adjoining natural bushland? / Identify ways people can pledge an oath in court according to their own beliefs.
Applying / Why should your local area have a skate park? / Collect data to show people in favour and those against a skate park. Present this info to others. / Design signs for a skate park. / Demonstrate some tricks/moves on a skate-board. / Use music to act out emotive issues about setting up a new skate park. / Record some skaters’ views about their skills and recreation needs. / Identify the characteristics required to be a successful skater. / Describe essential elements of an environmentally friendly skate park / Write a media article to welcome a broad cross section of people to the skate park.
Analysing / Compare views of skaters and non-skaters. OR
Find out about skater’s legal obligations. / Collect data that highlights number of people in favour matched against how close they live to the site. / Search the web for your local council development plan. What facilities are provided for youth and adults in your community? / Act out a scene in the courtroom hearing the development application. / Find poems/songs that highlight environmental issues of our time. What are the key issues for young people? / In a group compare the respective views of skaters and local residents opposed to the development. / Describe the qualities you admire in a very good skater.
Why do you think the ERD Court should have a say in this debate? / Think of a way you could use only natural materials to build a skate park. List the materials you would use. / Write an advert to ensure all people are welcome to the new skate park.
Evaluating / Visit the courts website at
List good and bad features of the site. OR
Comment on current laws for skaters. / Research people’s opinions about skate parks. Does it differ with gender and age? / Evaluate different modes of seating for a skate park. / Research ways to keep your body safe when skating.
Discuss whether or not these should these be made law. / Prepare a musical/poetic advertisement which promotes the values of a skate park to the community. / Write cue cards to demonstrate reaction of individuals and groups to a negative court ruling on a skate park application. / Identify personal reasons for or against a skate park. / How might flora and fauna in the adjoining bushland be affected by the park? How do the concerns of adults and youth vary? / Debate the topic:
“Skating is good for the soul”
Creating / Using any medium create a media report about the opening of the skate park. / Build a scale model of a piece of skating equipment OR construct a scale model of the park. / Imagine you are a film director. Story board a film about skating. / Design a new skate-board logo. Try to incorporate movement as a theme in your design. / Create a rap or song to demonstrate skate park issues and their resolution. / In a small group design a quiz or board game about skating or the ERD Court. / Describe your life as a famous skater. / Design a resource for skaters that informs about preparation and safety OR
Create art work or a photo gallery about skating. / Design a skating uniform that anyone could wear.