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Engage in fun memory tricks and activities to boost your brain's ability to retain information. Learn a 20-word memory trick and understand how connections in the brain influence learning and memory. Explore the method of loci and memory-enhancing activities for improved retention.
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2) Can you name these famous faces? Quiz • Can you complete these song lyrics? • Let it go, let it go …. • Girl, you know I want your loveYour love was handmade for somebody like me … • Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away Beating like a drum and it's coming your way … 3) Can you list the planets in the solar system in order? 4) What colour scarf was Miss Cannon wearing this morning?
2) Can you name these famous faces? Quiz • Can you complete these song lyrics? • Let it go, let it go …. • Girl, you know I want your loveYour love was handmade for somebody like me … • Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away Beating like a drum and it's coming your way … DT Ca - Di S & S 3) Can you list the planets in the solar system in order? MJ J, M, B, F, & D the dog 4) What colour scarf was Miss Cannon wearing this morning?
2) Can you name these famous faces? Answers • Can you complete these song lyrics? • Let it go, let it go …. Can’t hold it back anymore • Girl, you know I want your loveYour love was handmade for somebody like me … Come on now, follow my lead • Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away Beating like a drum and it's coming your way … Can’t you hear that boom badoom boom boombadoom boom bass he’s got that superbass Donald Trump Cameron Diaz Sportacus & Stephanie Michael Jackson 3) Can you list the planets in the solar system in order? Jake, Milo, Bella, Fizz, & Doodles the dog 1) Mercury 6) Saturn 2) Venus 7) Uranus 3) Earth 8) Neptune 4) Mars 5) Jupiter Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Pressure 4) What colour scarf was Miss Cannon wearing this morning? 9) Pluto (if countedas a planet)
Learning objectives • To understand what is happening in our brain when we learn new information. • To explain why we remember some things and not others. • To discuss what we can do to maximise our chances of remembering important information.
But first … My morning routine. • Walk through the car park • Sign in at Main reception • Open the combination lock at the staffroom door. • Check my pigeon hole. • Walk down to pupil reception. • Open the drama theatre door • Look at the stage in the theatre while Mr Pearson does briefing. • Walk through large atrium • Corridor leading to 6th form block • 6th form block corridor.
Mrs Gilbert’s amazing memory trick Learn these 20 words When you know them really well you are ready to use them Create mental images involving these words and the ones you want to remember. 11 Rugby Post (looks like 11) 12 Eggs (a dozen eggs = 12) 13 Witch (Friday 13th) 14 Diamond Ring (14th is Valentine’s day) 15 Cinema screen (certificate 15 films) 16 Sweets (sweet 16) 17 Driving licence (legal to drive) 18 Pint of beer (legal to drink) 19 Golf (the ‘19th’ hole is the clubhouse) 20 Pair of glasses (20/20 vision) 1 Tree (looks like a tree) 2 Light Switch (2 options: on/off) 3 Stool (3 legs) 4 Car (4 wheels) 5 Glove (5 fingers) 6 Gun (6 bullets in a revolver) 7 Dice (all sides add to ‘lucky’ 7) 8 Skate (figure of 8) 9 Cat (9 lives) 10 Bowling (10 pins)
Brain cells send signals that transport messages between each other.
Every time you have a new experience or learn a new fact, a new connection is made.
If you had 100 neurons, you would have just under 5,000 connections.
You have around 86,000,000,000 neurons which make around 150,000,000,000,000 connections When you learn, connections between your neurons are strengthened.
To learn, we must first make a connection – if you are not paying attention in class or focusing on what you are reading, you are not making a connection. We cannot recall information that we never had in the first place … remember Miss Cannon’s scarf?
We can strengthen connections through rehearsal.Some of you may wish to forget the song ‘Let it go’ but you have heard it too many times … the connections in your brain are so strong that you can’t help hearing the next lines in your brain.
Let’s do an experiment to see if we can work out how to make the connections stronger.
WORD LIST In silenceRead the instructions on your piece of paper and don’t tell others what it says.Each of you will be required to do something different for each of the 20 words you are about to see.You do not need to worry about your ideas; nobody will be checking your answers.The words are presented automatically, we cannot go back. If you miss a word, just begin again at the next. Results
Changing from one form to another eg creating a diary entry from a story. ShallowProcessing Reading notes Reading wikipedia pages Deeper Processing Re-writing in your own words Summarising onto revision cards. Copyingnotes Creating mind maps
Memory ‘Tricks’ Method of Loci (locations) Can you remember what was at main reception? In my pigeon hole?
Review Ask your friends about Mrs Gilbert’s 20 word list trick. On your review sheets, write down one or two, 10-point journeys that you can use for yourself Write down any key actions for yourself based on what you have learned in this session.