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Being SMART. What does it mean to be SMART? What characteristics does a SMART person have?. Billions of nerve cells able to make millions of connections to other cells in a complicated network. The BRAIN. Discuss the following topics with your table buddies.
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Being SMART What does it mean to be SMART? What characteristics does a SMART person have?
Billions of nerve cells able to make millions of connections to other cells in a complicated network. The BRAIN
Discuss the following topics with your table buddies. • Do you think someone is BORN smart? 2. Can you GROW your brain to make it smarter? 3. What factors determine “being smart”?
Read the article After reading, respond to these questions in your thinking log. • How do you BUILD smarts? • How is our brain like a body builder?
Discuss with a buddy What did you discovered in your reading? • How do you BUILD smarts? 2. How is build our brain like a body builder building muscles?
What can WE do to BUILD smarts? • With your table buddies- brainstorm a list of WAYS we can BUILD our brains and make them smarter. • Be specific
Personal Goal • Based on what you read and what your group brainstormed- what will do you differently? • How will you build SMARTS?
New Question… No longer, How smart am I? BUT How am I smart?