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Brain Rules Unleashed
Ready, Set, THINK!
Things we will address:
• Nutrition• Sleep• Vision
• Stress• Exercise
Primary Sources
http://nerds.unl.edu/brain
Goals:Why should I care?
• Take care of you – take care of your students.
• Raise Kids to raise test scores
• Cutting Edge Information and Strategies
Stress
Experience is Job One
Exercise
Food as Fuel
The myelin sheaths surrounding neurons are not fully developed until early age 25 to 30
Use of artificial neurotransmitters, i.e. caffeine, during the first twelve years may interfere with the nervous systems ability to naturally make them for the rest of a person’s life!!
Brain Finding Imperative
...Refined Sugar, everything of food value has been removed except the carbohydrates-pure calories, without vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes or any of the other elements
that make up food
Sleep IS Important!!
Sleep Findings
Sleeping after learning grows TWICE as many dendrites
Stryker’s 2001
Sleep Patterns
Average daily sleep needs:
Adolescents – Teens8.5-9.5 hours
Newborn Babies0-2 months: 10.5-18.5 hoursInfants2-12 months: 14-15 hours
Toddler 12-18 months: 13-15 hours18 months-3 years: 12-14 hours
Preschoolers3-5 years: 11-13 hours
1st - 8th Graders (5-12 years)9-11 hours
Mature :On average: 7-9 hours
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Memory Space is Developmental
Plus or Minus 2
Chunking as a Strategy
Video
Attention Please
• Tell a relevant story• Show a relevant video• Do a relevant activity
Key Sources• www.brainrules.net• Nerds.unl.edu/brain
Thanks for “Watching”
& Interacting!!!
Wish list• Blink: What does your office say about
you?• Growing, growing, gone!...Developing
growth mindsets (Dweck)• Marketing with Color in Mind• The Chemistry of Trust • MEG is the future!!
