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Brain Rules Unleashed

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

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Brain Rules Unleashed

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  1. Brain Rules Unleashed Ready, Set, THINK!

  2. Things we will address: • Nutrition • Sleep • Vision • Stress • Exercise

  3. Primary Sources

  4. http://nerds.unl.edu/brain

  5. 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

  6. Stress

  7. Experience is Job One

  8. Exercise

  9. Food as Fuel

  10. The myelin sheaths surrounding neurons are not fully developed until early age 25 to 30

  11. 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!!

  12. Brain Finding Imperative

  13. ...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

  14. Sleep IS Important!!

  15. Sleep Findings Sleeping after learning grows TWICE as many dendrites Stryker’s 2001

  16. Sleep Patterns

  17. Average daily sleep needs: Newborn Babies 0-2 months: 10.5-18.5 hours Infants 2-12 months: 14-15 hours Toddler 12-18 months: 13-15 hours 18 months-3 years: 12-14 hours Preschoolers 3-5 years: 11-13 hours 1st - 8th Graders (5-12 years) 9-11 hours Adolescents – Teens 8.5-9.5 hours Mature : On average: 7-9 hours

  18. Memory Space is Developmental 15  13 11 9  7  Plus or Minus 2 5  Chunking as a Strategy

  19. Video

  20. Attention Please

  21. Tell a relevant story • Show a relevant video • Do a relevant activity

  22. Key Sources • www.brainrules.net • Nerds.unl.edu/brain Thanks for “Watching” & Interacting!!!

  23. Dr. Ron Bonnstetter rjb@unl.edu

  24. 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!!

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