Share Shopping Sprees 3:30 – 3:45 Lesson Presentations

1. Share Shopping Sprees 3:30 – 3:45 • Lesson Presentations • Academic Integration and the Brain/Body Connection

2. Equipment Shopping Spree

3. Lesson Presentations

4. Integrating Games and Activities

5. I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand attributed to Confucius philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)

6. Integrated/Interdisciplinary • The terms integrated and interdisciplinary are often used interchangeably • They are defined as “an educational process in which two or more subject areas are integrated with the goal of fostering enhanced learning in each subject area” (Cone et al, 1998)

7. Questions to Ask • What learning objectives from the classroom unit will be enhanced through active learning experiences in the gymnasium? (Westerhold, 2000) • What concepts are being studied that could better be explained or experienced through a physical movement activity? • What concepts are being studied that overlap with physical education terminology?

8. Research IndicatesHow We Remember Best (Fauth, 1990) • People retain: • 10 percent of what they read • 20 percent of what they hear • 30 percent of what they see • 50 percent of what they hear and say at the same time • 70 percent of what they hear, see, and say • 90 percent of what they hear, see, say, and do

10. Brain-Based Learning • “Brain research in the area of learning confirms that the learning process can be enhanced through physical activity (Jensen, 2000) • “Exercise juices up the brain, feeding it nutrients in the form of glucose and increasing nerve connections—all of which make it easier for kids of all ages to learn (Hannaford, 1995)

11. Brain Gym: Midline Movements • Midline movements are movements that help stimulate both hemispheres of the brain at the same time • A movement on the right side of the body activates the left side of the brain, whereas a movement on the left side of the body activates the right side of the brain • Movements that use both sides of the body and cross the center midline help increase gross motor and fine motor coordination

12. Curriculum Integration Occurs In Two Ways • Movement is included in the classroom curriculum • Academic subjects (classroom curriculum) are included in the physical education curriculum

13. Students Benefit from Integrating Movement • Movement improves circulation • Movement increases the oxygen supply to the brain • Movement regulates children’s moods • Movement encourages the body’s natural motivators • Movement reduces the amount of time spent sitting

14. Students Benefit from Integrating Movement • Movement discourages passive learning • Movement “pins down” thought • Movement anchors thought • Movement generates interest • Movement maintains a mind-body state

15. Criteria for Planning Integration (Brophy and Alleman, 1991) • Two criteria must be met for appropriate integration: • (1) activities should be educationally significant, ones desirable even if they did not include the integration feature, and • (2) activities should foster, rather than disrupt or nullify, accomplishment of major goals in each subject area

16. Integrating Games and Activities • Language arts • Math • Social studies/geography • Performing Arts; Music, Dance Drama, visual Arts • Science-Physics, Biomechanics • Anatomy and physiology • Health and nutrition

17. Using the Multiple Intelligences (Gardner, 1983)Its not how smart you are, it’s how are you smart! • body smart • word smart • math smart • music smart • art smart • nature smart • people smart • self smart

18. Designing Theme Units in Subject Areas • A theme can provide a means for integration between subjects • Integration activities are conducive to teaching through the multiple intelligences

19. Integrating Themes: Olympics • Olympic math • Olympic history • Olympic social studies • Olympic language arts • Olympic science • Olympic sign language • Olympic foreign language • Olympic art • Olympic music/drama • Olympic physical education

22. Kinesthetic Learning and the Brain-Body Connection The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement | Michael Kuczala | TEDxAshburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gtxgDfY4s The by-product is a motivated, balanced, and academically enriched environment.

23. Kinesthetic Learning and the Brain-Body Connection Discussion! (A pdf of the Kinesthetic Classroom is on Blackboard. Keep a copy for your ePortfolio)