Large Group Brain Breaks
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• 1NCR3453 7H3 4W4R3N355 0F 7H3 4FF3C75 0F PHY51C4L 4C71V17Y 0N 7H3 BR41N “. . .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 test Brain 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
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 Importance Order
Not Very Important Important
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. Importance Order
Not Very Important Important
st 1 Pig 2nd Pig
rd 3 Pig Wolf Importance Order
Not Very Important Important
Answering correctly Noticing Patterns Getting the answer quickly Working Collaboratively Thinking creatively Solving something in more than one way Strongly Strongly Agree Disagree
Take A Stand
Somewhat Somewhat Disagree Agree Strongly Strongly Agree 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. Somewhat Somewhat Agree Disagree
1 Red Riding Hood, From Politically Correct Bedtime Stories But 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!”
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