What do our brains have to do with reaction timing? Everything! In a hands-on learning activity, young scientists participate in four card activities that measure reaction timing. Each activity gets progressively more complex, and learners use this information to graph the final results.

Concepts

memory, gross motor skills, the brain, the five senses

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a psychology lesson on memory reaction timing
• Conduct a lesson on things that inhibit or slow down reaction timing, such as drug use, alcohol use, or other outside factors

Classroom Considerations

• Acquire several decks of cards and stopwatches for the activity—the amount depends on the number of groups
• Provide graph paper

Pros

• Provides an engaging hands-on activity
• It comes with a worksheet

Cons

• None