Curated OER
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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.
Curated OER
Blooming Up: Teaching the Art of Questioning
Students, through demonstration and example, write and answer questions at different levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
Other
Tennessee State University: The Study Skills Help Page
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.
Other
School Net: Designing Effective Projects : Marzano's New Taxonomy
Learn about Marzano's New Taxonomy, a proposed alternative to Bloom's Taxonomy.
Other
Byrdseed: The Differentiator
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...
TES Global
Tes: Spelling Activity Matrix: 42 Ideas for Your Weekly Spelling Words
[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.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Animal Adaptations
A multitude of activities provide help with understanding animal adaptations.
University of California
University of Cal: Critical Thinking in an Online World
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.
Other
Harvard University: Project Zero: Visible Thinking
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...
Other
Middle Tennessee State University: Study Skills Help Page
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.
Other
Fno: A Questioning Toolkit
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...
Other
Bloom's Taxonomy
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."
TeachThought
Teach Thought: A Bloom's Digital Taxonomy for Evaluating Digital Tasks
This article provides a visual explanation of Bloom's digital taxonomy.
Intel Corporation
Intel: Teach Program Designing Effective Projects: Marzano's New Taxonomy [Pdf]
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).
Other
Flickr: Critical Thinking Skills Poster
A downloadable critical thinking skills poster based on the original six levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
Other
Center for Assessment: Little Red Riding Hood & Cognitive Rigor [Pdf]
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.
Duke University
Dule Univ.: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills in Children: Tips for Parents
Here is a well-written article that provides tips for parents to help them enhance critical thinking skills in their children.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: A Rocking Walking Tour: Investigating Architectural Rocks in St. Paul, Mn
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...
Edutopia
Edutopia: K 5 I Pad Apps for Evaluating Evaluation
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...
Donald Clark
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains
This article--in text and charts--explains the three learning domains devised by Benjamin Bloom.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Science Choice Board Newton's Laws of Motion
Students level up learning by completing Newton's Laws of Motion task cards including all levels of Bloom's taxonomy.