Sequence: Your Amazing Brain

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Sequence: Your Amazing Brain
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This learning design introduces students to the workings or the brain and the things students can do to improve their own learning. The learning designs incorporate two Flash interactive games as a Scorm compliant learning object. The aim of the learning object is to make students aware of the steps they can take to improve their own learning and concentration. (LAMS 2.0)

Keywords: Learning, brain, concentration

Subject: Improving your own Learning, study skills, key skills, ALeD

Audience: Post-16 education

Run time: 1 hour

Delivery Mode: Classroom

Resources: Computer and internet access per student

Outline of Activities: Introduction and welcome to the session. This outlines the aims and objective of the session.

Tool: Notice board

Pupils are directed to the BBC website where they are instructed to research what areas of the brain control different emotions and behaviours. Students are also asked to make note of two things they find interesting about the brain.

Tool: Shared resource

Students are invited to enter a forum where they post the two things they found interesting about the brain and to comment on the things other facts about the brain other people have posted.

Tool: Forum

Students are directed to play a Flash based games with the intention of improving their concentration. The game is based on the traditional matching pairs cards game, when the student completed the game they receive feedback informing them how long they took and with how many turns of the cards.

Tool: Shared Resource

Students are invited to enter a forum and compare the time and number of turns it took them to complete the game

Tool: Forum

Student are directed to play a Flash based game that is intended to improve their concentration. The game randomises a face that appears for six seconds. The students are then asked to re-create the face from memory; feedback is given as to how many elements they got right and how long they took.

Tool: Shared Resource

The students are introduced to the next element called brain needs.

Tool: Notice Board

Each Student accesses a Scorm compliant learning object which looks how brain needs to functions and what you can do to make it function more effectively. This includes areas of the brain, diet and sleep. The learning object contains various interactive elements, however, no assessment section have been included within the learning object.

Tool: Shared Resource

Students are invited to chat with their peers and discuss what they enjoyed about the session as well as what things they learnt.

Tool: Chat

Having had time to discuss their thoughts with their peers, students are asked to fill in a journal that records their thoughts and feeling. The students are prompted with the following questions: What have you learnt; how did you learn it, what did you do; how and where could you use this in the future.

Tool: Q & A
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Language: English

LAMS Version: 2.0.1

License: Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike

Support Files: No files

Sharing with: Everyone in Public

Status: Active

Average Rating: (5). Based on 2 reviews.

Number of downloads: 316 times

Number of previews: 288 times

Authored By: Kristian Besley

Date: 13 April 2007 01:52 AM

User Comments on Your Amazing Brain sequence
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Cool sequence
This is a really cool sequence. I really like the way it uses learning objects and resources to guide the student in a self learning experience of the powers of the brain!
Ernie Ghiglione on June 25, 2007 08:00 PM (view details)

Thanks!
An excellent lesson in pleasant way about the miracle we call BRAIN!
Eleni Nakou on March 26, 2016 12:02 AM (view details)

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Sequence:	Your Amazing Brain Preview \| Open LessonLAMS \| Download
Description:	This learning design introduces students to the workings or the brain and the things students can do to improve their own learning. The learning designs incorporate two Flash interactive games as a Scorm compliant learning object. The aim of the learning object is to make students aware of the steps they can take to improve their own learning and concentration. (LAMS 2.0) Keywords: Learning, brain, concentration Subject: Improving your own Learning, study skills, key skills, ALeD Audience: Post-16 education Run time: 1 hour Delivery Mode: Classroom Resources: Computer and internet access per student Outline of Activities: Introduction and welcome to the session. This outlines the aims and objective of the session. Tool: Notice board Pupils are directed to the BBC website where they are instructed to research what areas of the brain control different emotions and behaviours. Students are also asked to make note of two things they find interesting about the brain. Tool: Shared resource Students are invited to enter a forum where they post the two things they found interesting about the brain and to comment on the things other facts about the brain other people have posted. Tool: Forum Students are directed to play a Flash based games with the intention of improving their concentration. The game is based on the traditional matching pairs cards game, when the student completed the game they receive feedback informing them how long they took and with how many turns of the cards. Tool: Shared Resource Students are invited to enter a forum and compare the time and number of turns it took them to complete the game Tool: Forum Student are directed to play a Flash based game that is intended to improve their concentration. The game randomises a face that appears for six seconds. The students are then asked to re-create the face from memory; feedback is given as to how many elements they got right and how long they took. Tool: Shared Resource The students are introduced to the next element called brain needs. Tool: Notice Board Each Student accesses a Scorm compliant learning object which looks how brain needs to functions and what you can do to make it function more effectively. This includes areas of the brain, diet and sleep. The learning object contains various interactive elements, however, no assessment section have been included within the learning object. Tool: Shared Resource Students are invited to chat with their peers and discuss what they enjoyed about the session as well as what things they learnt. Tool: Chat Having had time to discuss their thoughts with their peers, students are asked to fill in a journal that records their thoughts and feeling. The students are prompted with the following questions: What have you learnt; how did you learn it, what did you do; how and where could you use this in the future. Tool: Q & A
Author view:
Audience:
Subjects:
Language:	English
LAMS Version:	2.0.1
License:	Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Support Files:	No files
Sharing with:	Everyone in Public
Status:	Active
Average Rating:	(5). Based on 2 reviews.
Number of downloads:	316 times
Number of previews:	288 times
Authored By:	Kristian Besley
Date:	13 April 2007 01:52 AM
User Comments on Your Amazing Brain sequence Add comments to Your Amazing Brain sequence
Cool sequence This is a really cool sequence. I really like the way it uses learning objects and resources to guide the student in a self learning experience of the powers of the brain! Ernie Ghiglione on June 25, 2007 08:00 PM (view details) Thanks! An excellent lesson in pleasant way about the miracle we call BRAIN! Eleni Nakou on March 26, 2016 12:02 AM (view details)