TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Reflecting on Human Reflexes
Students learn about human reflexes, how our bodies react to stimuli and how some body reactions and movements are controlled automatically, without thinking consciously about the movement or responses. In the associated activity,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Is a Sensor?
Learners gain a rigorous background in the primary human sensors, as preparation for comparing them to some electronic equivalents in the associated activity.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Sleep
These materials supplement a video and teaching activities by providing additional background on the science of sleep.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Memory Lane Fitness Lesson Plan
With this lesson, students get a brain and body workout! Students work in pairs as the teacher calls out physical tasks such as high fives and tunnel tens. As the teacher is calling out these partner exercises, students must listen...
Curated OER
Ny Times: Testing Well Known Product Names Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students learn about the advent of neuromarketing as a means to assess the effects of certain brands on the brain activity of prospective buyers. They then design their own experiments that test the power of certain...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: Supercharge Your Goals
Trying challenging things is the best way to grow your brain. At the end of this activity, students will be able to make SMART goals that can help guide growth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: The Growth Mindset
An important part of growing your brain is understanding common obstacles that can get in your way or throw you off track when learning and how to overcome them. There are 3 parts to this LearnStorm growth mindset activity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reflect: Mistakes Are Opportunities
This article describes three types of mistakes and some strategies for transforming them into opportunities to grow your brain. Reflection questions are included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: Mistakes Are Opportunities
At the end of this activity, students will understand that mistakes are a key part of the learning process. There are 3 parts to this LearnStorm growth mindset activity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: Keep Going Keep Growing
This activity will help students understand why working through frustration will help them grow.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: The Path Forward
This culminating activity will help students identify ways they can become an influencer in their classroom and community.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reflect: The Growth Mindset
In this reflection, do your best to think about the challenges and obstacles you face in your own life. Use these reflection questions to piece together a plan for overcoming them using strategies shared in previous activities.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Get on the Stick
In this activity, students' use a motion detector to the measure the reaction time of students. They graph the data from trials conducted in the class and analyze trends. They then calculate drop distance from reaction time.
York University
Classics in the History of Psychology: Principles of Psychology by William James
Complete volumes of the two volumes of this work are available for study.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Memory Tests
Explore scientific research saying that continued brain activity may delay or slow the loss of memory function. Investigate and practice different techniques to increase recall.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Brain Sizzlers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains one page logic puzzles adapted from the book Brain Sizzlers. These activities make great warm ups for math grades 6- algebra.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Measurement Game
This interactive activity gives young students practice measuring lines with a ruler using centimeters.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Keeping the Nervous System Healthy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Activities that challenge your brain, such as working on a Sudoku puzzle, are good for the health of your nervous system. Just like you need to work out your body to...
PBS
Pbs: In the Mix Educators: Alcohol "Targets" Lesson Plan
Here is a simple guideline for a two-period lesson through which students "Compose a collage of alcohol ads," and participate in activities that will help hone their critical thinking skills and their views about alcohol and alcohol...
Read Works
Read Works: Researchers Beginning to Better Understand False Memory Formation
[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.
Other
Enchanted Mind: Logic Puzzles
Are you interested in boosting your brain power? Practice some of the enchanted logic puzzles to increase your mental skills.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A Light Switch for Neurons
Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure...