AP Test Prep
College Board

AP® Psychology Cognition and Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
I can remember what happened five years ago, but I can't recall what I did last week! High school psychology students analyze how memory, cognition, and language impact one another. Hands-on activities, memory exercises, and research...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Discovering Memory Li Young Lee's Poem "Memonic" and the Brain

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for eight cross-curricular lessons that teach about memory and the brain using Li-Young Lee's poem "Mnemonic." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used...
Online Course
Yale University

Yale University: History and Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-week video lecture exploring history and memory, focusing on how people mourn and recall tragedies. Lecture titles include: "Remembering Catastrophe," "War Memorials," "War Literature," and "Art and Catastrophe."
Activity
BBC

Bbc: Sleep: Face Memory Test

For Students 9th - 10th
This test assesses your temporal memory, or how long ago something happened. Try to determine if tiredness affects this type of memory. Following the test, find out some information about memory and sleep. This test takes about 15...
Website
PC Technology Guide

Pc Tech Guide: System Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to gain a better understanding of computer memory. Detailed information about the cache levels and various types of memory.
Website
Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Tools for Improving Your Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
This Mind Tools site helps you to improve your memory. The techniques it explains are particularly helpful in studying for exams or in situations where you need to remember detailed, structured information. They also make things like...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing the Mason Dixon Memory Text With the Animation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The student will compare the text of Mason-Dixon Memory with the animation of the story. Included are an in-depth lesson plan, videos, and examples.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Magical Metals: How Shape Memory Alloys Work

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video, Ainissa Ramirez describes what shape memory alloys are, how they work, and how they are used. [4:46] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Memory Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a ten-question quiz pertaining to memory.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Memories Form and How We Lose Them

For Students 9th - 10th
Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn't as strong- but why not? Why do we remember some things, and not others? And why do memories...
Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Magnetic core memory was developed in the late 1940s and 1950s, and remained the primary way in which early computers read, wrote and stored data until RAM came along in the 1970s. (Java tutorial)
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
At the dawn of the computer age, magnetic core memory helped make data storage possible, and showed surprising staying power in a field where components are constantly being replaced by new and improved products.
Article
Seeker

Seeker: Creating False Memories in Mice

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on a study in which scientists implanted false memories in the minds of rats. Includes a video.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Memories Good and Bad

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about memories and how they react to sensory stimuli. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Information Processing and the Discovery of Iconic Memory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice questions related to iconic memory.
Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Memory Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate the Memory exhibition that was at the Exploratorium. Some topics examined are the anatomy of memory, Nagasaki, and Franco Magnani. The resource consists of exhibition news, online exhibits, articles, and lectures.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Mysteries of Memory Memorization Techniques That Work

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach middle schoolers about memory and techniques to better remember information. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Researchers Beginning to Better Understand False Memory Formation

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about research showing how the brain can create very realistic false memories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Memory and Single Linked Lists

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have your students look at what memory is, in particular how a linked list can be used to represent a list of numbers. Explore linked lists in a game setting.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Age Related Memory Loss Rb Ap48

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about age-related memory loss and answer the follow-up questions to practice for the MCAT.
Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Memory Mnemonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Though lists can be full of interesting facts, they can be hard to remember, especially for tests. In this human behavior science fair project, you will learn about a memory technique called mnemonics (pronounced nuh-MAH-nicks). See if...
Website
Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: Core Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of Core Memory, a reliable high-speed storage device developed during the 1950s. The various memory artifacts are on display at the Computer History Museum. This site provides a glimpse into the development of the...
Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Thanks for the Memories

For Students 9th - 10th
Everyone wants a good memory but we don't often ask ourselves what memory is for. Let's begin our exploration of why memory is important and how it works with a little memory test: Do you remember what you learned in class last...
Website
Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: Williams Tube Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of Williams Tube Memory, the first randam-access memory used by many first generation computers. The various memory artifacts are on display at the Computer History Museum. This site provides a glimpse into the...

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