Bloom Balls

Bloom Balls is a hands-on, three-dimensional project in which students build a paper sphere out of individual panels, with each panel displaying a different piece of student work related to a topic, text, or unit of study. The finished ball can be hung from the ceiling, displayed on a shelf, or presented to the class, turning a written assignment into a tangible, visual showcase of learning. The name comes from Bloom's Taxonomy, the classic framework of thinking skills that range from simple recall to complex creation. In a traditional Bloom Ball, the twelve panels are organized so that student responses move through increasingly higher levels of thinking — making the project as much a scaffold for deeper thinking as it is a craft activity.