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Neurociencias
NEUROCIENCIAS EDUCACIÓN
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The lesson starts by creating hands-on diagrams
and models related to the basic functioning
of the brain, and then moves into looking
at the teen brain specifically from a developmental standpoint. It ends with brain-centered strategies for working teens.
It can be used as part of biology, anatomy, health, or advisory as a way to talk about social emotional learning and student behaviors.
Neuromitos
Create model of brain and its parts and functioning.
Goals
Make connections between brain function and how teens are commonly said to behave.
Duration: 150 minutes
Keywords
brain, neuroscience, prefrontal cortex, strategies, risk, empathy, motivation, teen, teenage
Goals
Standards
MS-LS1-8
MS-LS1-2
Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.
Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
Standards
MS-LS1-3
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Neural Systems
Neuromitos
Start With the Basics
How do we sense something?
We need a volunteer to come to the front!
We need to trace them.
The Basics
The central and peripheral nervous system consists of several parts, and we will draw them out:
Brain
Sensory Nerves
Spinal Column
Motor Nerves
They work together like this.
Central
Nervous System
Start With the Basics
Brain
Spinal Cord
How do we sense something?
We need a volunteer to come to the front!
We need to trace them.
The Basics
The central and peripheral nervous system consists of several parts, and we will draw them out:
Nerves to both arms and legs
Brain
Sensory Nerves
Spinal Column
Motor Nerves
Peripheral Nervous System
Sensory Nerve
They work together like this.
Motor Nerve
3. Hemisferios del cerebro
The Basics
4. Estilos de aprendizaje
The Basics
Parts of the Brain
Parietal Lobe
Frontal Lobe
• Sense of touch, taste, smell
• Differentiation
• Spatial perceptions
• Visual perceptions
• Academic skills
• Math calculations
• Reading and writing
• Self monitoring
• Personality
• Sexual behavior
• Behavior control
• Organization
• Attention
• Concentration
• Mental flexibility
• Problem solving
• Judgement
• Inhibition of behavior
• Planning
• Anticipation
• Speaking
• Emotional response
• Awareness of abilities
• Self monitoring
The brain is a complex system of nerves and cells. Here are various parts of the brain and their functions.
Occipital Lobe
Temporal Lobe
• Visual reception
• Visual interpretation
• Reading perception
• Understanding language
• Organization and sequencing
• Information retrieval
• Musical awareness
• Memory
• Hearing
• Learning
• Feelings
Cerebellum
• Coordinating of voluntary movement
• Balance
• Memory for reflexive motor acts
Brain Stem
• Autonomic nervous system
• Blood vessel control
• Breathing
• Heart
• Swallowing
• Digestion
• Consciousness
• Ability to sleep
• Sweating
The Brain
Make Your Own Brain
Use the questions you asked at the beginning of the lesson to guide your research and find answers. Find the part of the brain associated with your question. Add the area to your clay brain and highlight it with a toothpick.
We have a basic understanding of the parts of the brain and their functions, but it’s time to go deeper. Make a clay model of the brain highlighting its six areas.
Find an area of the brain that you think is interesting and research it. Add the area or highlight in your clay model.
AND with a partner or your group, search for more information on the anatomy and physiology of the brain that you can add to your model to make it uniquely yours. Here are some options for highlighting parts of the brain:
Brain
Make Your Own Brain
Using the diagram above, create a 3D model with a partner or a group of three to four.
Be ready to talk about the special parts of the brain you’ve added.
Directions
Supplies
More
Be as detailed as possible with your representation.
At least six colors of clay
Identify the parts of the brain with toothpicks and paper labels
Toothpicks
Add areas of the brain you researched.
Tape and Paper
More About the Brain
Watch these three videos to fill in gaps in your knowledge.
What might you add to your clay model?
More
With your group, create a list of ten new things you’ve learned about the brain and why these things are important.
Each member of your group should create one new question based on your watching. Put it on a sticky note and put it on the question board.
Make adjustments to your clay brain to reflect the new information you learned.
Teenagers
The Brains of Teenagers
PLAYLIST
The Teenage Brain in a Grown-Up World
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/childhood-and-adolescence/2019/the-teen-brain-in-a-grown-up-world-041919
Is the teenage brain unique? Let’s explore. The following is a reading and video playlist that explores the teenage brain.
Decoding the Teenage Brain
https://www.edutopia.org/article/decoding-teenage-brain-3-charts
Why Teenagers Reject Parent Solutions to Their Problems
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/well/family/why-teenagers-reject-parents-solutions-to-their-problems.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR2uuNj3R60cP58LutrmbpEnl4IPTt0WlHsuFkal_yNfibD8IjIMxO8lIHE
As you read in your team, use Cornell Notes while digesting the videos.
The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en
The Evolutionary Advantage of the Teenage Brain
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/evolutionary-advantage-teenage-brain
Teachers
Motivating Your Adolescent to Perform
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201005/motivating-your-adolescent-perform
Use this resource for Cornell Note taking:
What Motivates Your Teen's Brain
https://paradigmmalibu.com/motivates-teens-behavior/
https://blog.tcea.org/reciprocal-teaching-rivet/
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2018/08/22/the-cornell-note-taking-method-revisited/
Teenage Brains
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/10/beautiful-brains/
Different?
What do you think of the parenting advice?
What makes it special?
Is the Teenage Brain Different?
What are its challenges?
What stood out to you?
Take five minutes to look through your notes. In your groups, and then collectively as a class, we will discuss the following.
Now that you have read and watched a number of resources about the teenage brain,
What do you think? Is the teenage brain different? How?
Scientific
Scientific Reading Jigsaw
Reading is complex. Oddly, it gets easier in some respects as you get older. However, depending on the text, it can be difficult. College academic writing takes time to understand.
In the meantime, use reciprocal teaching strategies while reading text to put your collective minds on text. Your prefrontal cortex will make you happy and the nerve pathways will become myelinated to add speed and fluency to your reading!
Student groups assigned a section.
Gaining exposure to challenging texts and productively grappling with the language, is super good for your brain, however, and pretty soon, as you become more familiar with the language, it becomes easier.
Use reciprocal teaching to understand the text.
Note to Teachers
Answer the questions.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099425/
Be ready to report out.
Use this resource for reciprocal teaching with your students: https://blog.tcea.org/reciprocal-teaching-rivet/
Unpacking Scientific Text
On a poster, identify:
What are 3-5 things you learned in your section?
What was your section?
How does this information connect to the previous readings? Make 3-5 connections.
Now, Let’s do a gallery walk, using sticky notes to make comments. Use notes from the previous readings and videos to make connections with the text.
This will be followed by a classroom discussion.