Large Group Brain Breaks
Scott Miller
Paul Zientarski
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“. . .not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. . . I speak from experience, having made this arrangement of my life. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.”
“. . .not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. . . I speak from experience, having made this arrangement of my life. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.”
Thomas Jefferson
Learners acquire and store knowledge in two primary ways: linguistic (by reading or hearing lectures), and nonlinguistic (through visual imagery, kinesthetic or whole-body modes, and so forth). The more students use both systems of representing knowledge, the better they are able to think about and recall what they have learned (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).
Obesity Rate for Young
Children Plummets 43% in a
Decade
Sitting is the New Smoking
Average composite of 20
student brains taking the
same testBrain after sitting quietly Brain after 20 minute walk
Research/scan compliments of Dr. Chuck Hillman University of Illinois
Stand Up Sit
Down
BACH TO ROCK
60’s hit song
Sitting On the
Dock of the Bay?
A. SAM & DAVE
B. OTIS REDDING
C. SMOKEY ROBINSON
D. TEMPTATIONS
E. MARVIN GAYE
60’s hit song
Sitting On the
Dock of the Bay?
A. SAM & DAVE
B. OTIS REDDING
C. SMOKEY ROBINSON
D. TEMPTATIONS
E. MARVIN GAYE
70’s hit song
Bad Bad Leroy
Brown?
A. RICK JAMES
B. JAMES TAYLOR
C. JOHN DENVER
D. NEIL DIAMOND
E. JIM CROCE
70’s hit song
Bad Bad Leroy
Brown?
A. RICK JAMES
B. JAMES TAYLOR
C. JOHN DENVER
D. NEIL DIAMOND
E. JIM CROCE
Who recorded the
80’s hit song
Celebration?A. KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
B. KOOL & THE GANG
C. COMMODORES
D. PET SHOP BOYS
E. ELTON JOHN
Who recorded the
80’s hit song
Celebration?A. KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
B. KOOL & THE GANG
C. COMMODORES
D. PET SHOP BOYS
E. ELTON JOHN
90’s hit song
Gangsta’s
Paradise?
A. SNOOP DOGGY DOG
B. PUBLIC ENEMY
C. ICE CUBE
D. EMINEM
E. COOLIO
90’s hit song
Gangsta’s
Paradise?
A. SNOOP DOGGY DOG
B. PUBLIC ENEMY
C. ICE CUBE
D. EMINEM
E. COOLIO
Who recorded the
2006 hit song
Breakaway?
A. KELLY CLARKSON
B. JOHN LEGEND
C. LENNY KRAVITZ
D. CHRISTINA AGUILERA
E. BRITTNEY SPEARS
Who recorded the
2006 hit song
Breakaway?
A. KELLY CLARKSON
B. JOHN LEGEND
C. LENNY KRAVITZ
D. CHRISTINA AGUILERA
E. BRITTNEY SPEARS
Not
Important
Very
Important
Importance Order
Pose a Topic of discussion
Pose a Point of Importance
Move to the place on the continuum
that you most identify with.
Be ready to justify your answer.
Not
Important
Very
Important
Importance Order
3rd Pig
2nd Pig
Wolf
1st Pig
Not
Important
Very
Important
Importance Order
Getting the answer quickly
Noticing Patterns
Working Collaboratively
Answering correctly
Thinking creatively
Solving something in more than one way
Strongly
AgreeStrongly
Disagree
Somewhat
Agree
Somewhat
Disagree
Take A Stand
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
Somewhat
Agree
Somewhat
Disagree
Take A Stand Directions
Pose a statement or a
quote.
Move to the corner that you
most identify with.
Be ready to justify your
answer.
1
Red Riding Hood, From Politically Correct
Bedtime StoriesBut as the woodchopper-person raised his ax,
Red Riding Hood and the wolf both stopped.
“And just what do you think you are doing? Why are you here?” asked Red Riding Hood.
The log-fuel technician blinked and tried to answer, but no words came to him.
“Sexist! Speciesist! How dare you assume that womyn and wolves can’t solve their own problems without a man’s help!”
Time for Q and A
?
Suggested Reading on the Subject
“ The BRAIN ”
http://engagedteaching.
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