Post on 09-Jul-2020
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The Brain & Development
Brain Research
• What role should it play?
• pro:
• con:
• General Feelings
• Myth or Fact?
• Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain - by David Eagleman
• CNN’s Next List
• Excerpt on Logic p.85 & 86
Neuroscientist Spotlight: David Eagleman
• 3 Questions - Grade Your Brain
• braingames.nationalgeographic.com/episode/6/
Brain games???
• outer-layer of gray matter / cerebral cortex
• 2 hemispheres / each with 4 main areas (frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, and occipital lobe)
• neurons send signals through synapses
Brain Structure and
synapse - the means by which neurons send information to other
cells
dendrites - branch-like; receive messages from
other neurons
How the Brain Develops
• “over-production” then “neural pruning” (Bohlin et. al., 2012, p.104)
• “use it or lose it”
• synaptogenesis - the growth of new connections in the brain
Choose one topic from the text to reread. Come up with a short sentence to summarize how teachers use brain research to teach in regards to (memory/reading, etc.)
• Memory -
• Reading -
• Math -
• Emotion -
Informing our
• The Brain & Education (6 minutes)
• 3 Categories: “Terms from Text” , “3 Interesting Facts” and “How I teach”
Informing our
Create an “anatomy of the brain” model for the typical student you might encounter while teaching/counseling/
helpingDraw or color on paper. Or try using an app like “Paper”
if you want to take that extra step. You may choose to hand this in to replace any 1 module organizer of your
choosing.
Brain Anatomy
Example # 1
Example # 2
Extra Resources
• Top 5 Unsolved Brain Mysteries
• Research in Brain Function and Learning
• Teen Brain Interview with Jay Giedd
• Articles About the Brain