ADVANCE NOTICE Listen carefully to todays information and notice the modeling done by the instructor

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ADVANCE NOTICEListen carefully to todays
information and notice the modeling done by the
instructorAt the end of the session, you will be
given tokens to play bingo on your Brain Research
Board. Participants must take turns explaining
the boxes during the game. Must Have door
prizes will be available for good participation
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BRAIN RESEARCHBingo Card
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To Be Left-Brained or Right-Brained?That is the
question

• Right Brain
• Creative, visual, verbal
• Needing dance, art, music, and creative projects
  to send info into long term memory

• Left Brain
• Linear, Concrete, task-oriented
• Needs focused instruction with governing rules
  and formulas

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Which are you?

• Youre both! We all are right and left brained
  at times. We cycle into one and out of another
  every 90 minutes. This enforces the notion that
  you must you use both modes of instruction at all
  times since you dont know which kids are on
  which side at any given moment

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The Social Brain

• Physical movement of talking about what you just
  learned helps to internalize and solidify new
  learning in nerve networks
• After presenting new information, allow students
  to share verbally, with a partner, how the info
  relates to them personally

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Did you know?

• Lighting effects concentration consider
  purchasing lamps with a nice light
• Plants and Ionization helpful also consider
  purchases as good investments

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RESPECT A no-brainerStress has a negative
effect on learning

• Students will be more receptive to your lessons
  when they know you care about them as people
• Kids are very perceptive to how you feel about
  them

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EMOTION HELPS YOU

• Name the 10 richest people in the world according
  to Forbes
• Name 3 teachers who had a profound or positive
  effect on your life
• 2 much easier emotion is involved
• Use of cartoon overheads such as Calvin and Hobbs
  turns the brain into more active gear

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Humor

• Directly linked with Emotional Component
• When emotions are triggered such as a good laugh,
  the brain is more likely to remember the
  information taught

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Sleep

• Your body cycles in and out of REM sleep every 90
  minutes
• Take your wake-up time and go back by 90 minute
  increments to find the optimum bed time
• Plenty of sleep helps with memory retention of
  material learned that day

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Peppermint

• Sense of smell has the closest link to the brain
• Scented oil in a diffuser, use of peppermint
  candy, essential peppermint oil by Aveda can be
  applied directly above upper lip
• Good practice to do all the time during
  learning as well as during testing

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Brain is over 80 water body is 70

• By the time you get thirsty, youre already
  dehydrated. Adults need ½ gallon per day
• Students bringing water bottles to class has been
  a successful practice at some schools

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You Change A Situation When You Change A
State Of MindThere are no unmotivated students,
just students in unmotivated states
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PROVERB

• The longer the time spent in a chair, the greater
  the depth of student despair

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NOVELTY

• The brain tunes out the ordinary driving to
  work/home is secondary over time
• Novel Approaches wake up the mind
• Lessons done outside or in new places
• Teach in different areas of the room
• Use of music to evoke emotion fast music for
  small group brainstorming/slow for individual
  work
• Use of color in overheads and worksheets
• Games, drama, or stories to music to increase
  retention

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Metaphors

• New information tries to connect with prior
  knowledge. No link with prior knowledge no
  information stored in long term memory
• Offer a concrete reminder a token or artifact
  for students to use to trigger a memory of your
  lesson