Controls basic life functionBreathing, heartbeat, sleep, body clock

1. The primitive brain

If you’re tired, stressed, not eating properly: ENERGY IS DIRECTED TOWARDS MAINTAINING YOUR BASIC LIFE FUNCTIONS

SO……………………Get a good night’s sleep, keep fit, learn to relax, and eat a healthy balanced diet with plenty of water and fruit and vegetables

2. The middle brain

emotions, moods, feelings and long term memorySo………………..

being positive, feeling happy, confident & having a purpose improves your ability to learn

controls……

The intelligent brain - the grey matterIt is divided into two hemispheres:

Left = academic Right = creative

‘conscious learning’ ‘subconscious learning’

3. The thinking brain

Speech & wordsNumbers & symbolsFacts & detailsHandwriting

Spatial relationshipsPatterns & imagesArt & music

The thinking brain is what you use when learning

BUT

primitive = basic life functionsRECAP:

3 parts-middle = emotionsthinking = intelligence

Left and right brain have to work…

to maximise your brain power

Did you know……………….?

Every time you learn something, you form a new pathway between neurons. The more times you repeat a thought/action, the thicker the neuron becomes.

You can exercise your brain like a muscle

So, with your left (ACADEMIC & CONSCIOUS learning) hemisphere:

Use it or lose it!

What of your right (SUBCONSCIOUS & CREATIVE) hemisphere?

It is subconscious learning that you can use to your advantage.

•Put posters around your room on what you are trying to learn

•Highlight your notes whilst you learn a topic•Make and Listen to recordings

•Use colour and lots of mind maps when you learn

HOW?

•When you read, write or concentrate you are using your academic and conscious learning (left) hemisphere

•When you are relaxed, learning happens through your creative and subconscious learning (right) hemisphere

IN SUMMARY

•Say things out loud to help you REMEMBER

•Record things on tape, and play it back when you are at home, in the car etc.

WORKING WITH RIGHT AND LEFT BRAIN

•Don’t study with music on- you need QUIET in order to CONCENTRATE

•REAL revision MAKES YOUR BRAIN HURT

(left)

(right)

(left)

(left)•Highlight your notes whilst you learn a topic (right)

(right)•Use colour and lots of mind maps when you learn

• Write out study cards, with questions on the front, and answers on the back (left)

• Really learn:

maps,diagrams, (right & left)

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Is there any left or right brain working here?

Q. In ICT, what is “hacking”?

A. A really bad coughQ. Where was the American Declaration of Independence signed?

A. At the bottomQ. Explain the term “stereotype”A. It is what kind of CD player you own

Recap1)There are 3 parts to the brain: primitive (basic needs), middle (emotions) and thinking (the part you are improving whilst you are

at school!2) The thinking brain has two sidesLEFT: ACADEMIC HALFspeech, number facts, handwriting, “CONSCIOUS LEARNING”

RIGHT: CREATIVE HALFspatial, images, art and music,“SUNCONSCIOUS LEARNING”

BUT

Did you know that people …….

Use it or lose it!

1. Optimists (those who look on the bright side)LEARN BETTER AND FASTER than pessimists (those who look on the dark side)2. We learn TWICE AS FAST when we

a) use left and right brain at the same time

and b) positively believe we CAN SUCCEED

You are very intelligent!

Make your brain expand

Use it or lose it!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html

Are you left or right brain??

http://www.perthnow.com.au/fun-games/left-brain-vs-right-brain/story-e6frg46u-1111114517613