+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students study A Tree Grows in Brooklyn using Bloom's Taxonomy. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the chapter and complete a worksheet. Students illustrate an experience they have had that is similar to a situation in the text.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blooming Up: Teaching the Art of Questioning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, through demonstration and example, write and answer questions at different levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
+
Unit Plan
Other

Tennessee State University: The Study Skills Help Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Study Skills Help Page provides learning strategies for success. Explore the learning tools and tips that you can use to become a more skilled learner.
+
Website
Other

School Net: Designing Effective Projects : Marzano's New Taxonomy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about Marzano's New Taxonomy, a proposed alternative to Bloom's Taxonomy.
+
Interactive
Other

Byrdseed: The Differentiator

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An interactive planning tool for teachers to develop differentiated lessons based on the revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Choose a thinking skill, then the type of content, the resources that will be used, the product students will produce, and...
+
Graphic
TES Global

Tes: Spelling Activity Matrix: 42 Ideas for Your Weekly Spelling Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This matrix contains 42 spelling activities that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy Six Thinking Levels. The activities provide opportunities for each learning style.
+
Activity
Utah Education Network

Uen: Animal Adaptations

For Students 4th - 5th
A multitude of activities provide help with understanding animal adaptations.
+
Professional Doc
University of California

University of Cal: Critical Thinking in an Online World

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses why and how to encourage the development of critical thinking skills for students conducting research on the Web. The author even presents an overview of a project that you could adapt to your class.
+
Professional Doc
Other

Harvard University: Project Zero: Visible Thinking

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the key elements and practices of visible thinking, a mode of inquiry that develops students' thinking skills by encouraging them to be active processors. Includes a lot of advice about the kinds of small changes that...
+
Website
Other

Middle Tennessee State University: Study Skills Help Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Study Skills Help Page offers many learning strategies for success. The website is based on a college course - it has a wide variety of online learning resources such as study skills course objective, notes, and practice tests/games.
+
Handout
Other

Fno: A Questioning Toolkit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An article in which Jamie McKenzie states his belief that each district should create a Questioning Toolkit which contains several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools. Portions of the Questioning Toolkit should be introduced...
+
Activity
Other

Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn more about Bloom's Taxonomy by checking out this website. Following the 1948 Convention of the American Psychological Association, B.S. Bloom took a lead in formulating a classification of "The goals of the educational process."
+
Article
TeachThought

Teach Thought: A Bloom's Digital Taxonomy for Evaluating Digital Tasks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article provides a visual explanation of Bloom's digital taxonomy.
+
Website
Intel Corporation

Intel: Teach Program Designing Effective Projects: Marzano's New Taxonomy [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about Marzano's New Taxonomy, made up of three systems and the Knowledge Domain, all of which are essential for thinking and learning. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
+
Graphic
Other

Flickr: Critical Thinking Skills Poster

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A downloadable critical thinking skills poster based on the original six levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
+
Professional Doc
Other

Center for Assessment: Little Red Riding Hood & Cognitive Rigor [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A cognitive rigor chart using the revised Bloom's taxonomy highlighting different levels of learning experiences relating to the story The Little Red Riding Hood.
+
Article
Duke University

Dule Univ.: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills in Children: Tips for Parents

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here is a well-written article that provides tips for parents to help them enhance critical thinking skills in their children.
+
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: A Rocking Walking Tour: Investigating Architectural Rocks in St. Paul, Mn

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a guided inquiry field investigation in an urban setting. This investigation focuses on the identification of the rocks used on and in the buildings and other structures in downtown St. Paul, MN. The questions asked are based on...
+
Professional Doc
Edutopia

Edutopia: K 5 I Pad Apps for Evaluating Evaluation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The cognitive domain Evaluating focuses on skills necessary to judge the value of ideas, techniques, products, or solutions. Students must evaluate the credibility or functionality of given content with clearly defined criteria and...
+
Handout
Donald Clark

Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article--in text and charts--explains the three learning domains devised by Benjamin Bloom.
+
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Science Choice Board Newton's Laws of Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students level up learning by completing Newton's Laws of Motion task cards including all levels of Bloom's taxonomy.