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 dendritesStryker’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 hoursToddler 12-18 months: 13-15 hours18 months-3 years: 12-14 hoursPreschoolers3-5 years: 11-13 hours1st - 8th Graders (5-12 years)9-11 hours

Mature :On average: 7-9 hours

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Memory Space is Developmental

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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!!!

Dr. Ron Bonnstetterrjb@unl.edu

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you?• Growing, growing, gone!...Developing

growth mindsets (Dweck)• Marketing with Color in Mind• The Chemistry of Trust • MEG is the future!!