Final Brain Rules

Brain Rules
“Our brain is the most complex thing we have

yet discovered in our universe.”
Objectives of the Webinar
1 Understand the
Learning Brain
3 Psychology of Brain rules for
digital natives
2 Know about The Brain

rules
4 Trace the relationship between
the brain rules and classroom
teaching.
Human Brain: an incredible and extraordinary machine….
 The human brain — a  The brain is made up of  It has a capacity to store

spongy, three-pound mass of millions of interconnecting more information than a
tissue — is the most complex nerve fibres, which are supercomputer and to create
living structure in the known responsible for the control a network of connections
universe. and co-ordination of nearly that far surpasses any social
all our bodily functions. network.
Albert Einstein Brain
The brain of physicist Albert Einstein has been a subject of much
research and speculation. It was removed within seven and a half
hours of his death. The brain has attracted attention because of
Einstein's reputation for being one of the foremost geniuses of the
20th century.
Brainy Fact: “The Person Of the Century”- The Genius!
On 14 March 1879, revolutionary scientist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. His birthday is
celebrated across the globe as "Genius Day".
But do you know that as a child he was:
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Stages of Brain Development
Early Elementary Years
 Motor skills, Visual-motor co-ordination
 Reasoning, Language, Social understanding
 Ability to generalise, Perspective-taking
 Stress on rote-learning
 Academic and social learning
 Ability to handle complex tasks

Brain matures, fibre grows and brain becomes
increasingly inter-connected  Skills in reading, maths and writing become
more specialised and develop
Late Elementary & Middle School Years
 Inferential thinking becomes more

emphasized and rote-learning is de-
emphasized
 Learning becomes more

consolidated as it is stored in the
long-term memory
During this stage, the brain’s activity is mostly in
the posterior region, where the areas for auditory,
visual and tactile functioning intersect. This area
is called the brain’s association area, which
generally contains information which has been
learned and is now stored.
Adolescence
 Stress on inferential
thinking and meta-
cognition
 Risk-prone; impulsive than

The maturation of the frontal lobes start from the
middle school and continues through high school
adults
and adulthood. They allow humans to evaluate
and adapt their behaviour based on past
experience. The frontal lobes are also thought to
be where social understanding and empathy
develop
Brain Rule1: Exercise boosts brain power
Brain Rule1: Exercise boosts brain power
• Our brains were built for walking—12 miles a day! To improve thinking
skills, we need to move
• Exercise gets blood to our brain, bringing it glucose for energy and oxygen
One of the most interesting findings of the past few decades is that an
increase in oxygen is always accompanied by an uptick in mental sharpness
• Aerobic exercise just twice a week halves your risk of dementia
• Exercise positively affects executive function, spatial tasks, reaction

times and quantitative skills
Classroom Implementation: Brain Activity 1
Schulte Table performance include:
work efficiency (WE);

work warming-up (WU);
psychological stability (PS).
Online practice:
https://schulte-table.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.kriopeg.schultetable&hl=en_IN&gl=US
Brain Rule2: The human brain evolved
 Our brain is the key to our survival
 Our ability to solve problems, learn from mistakes,

and create alliances with other people helps us
survive
 Our ability to understand each other is our chief

survival tool. Relationships helped us survive in the
jungle and are critical to surviving at work and school
today
• Listening to neural beats

• Visualizing more. ...
• Playing games. ...
• Playing memory card games.
• Practicing crossword puzzles.
• Completing jigsaw puzzles. Playing
sudoku. ...
• Playing chess.
App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.app.binmeditation&hl=en&gl=US joyoflearningandgiving
Brain Rule3: Every brain is wired differently
Every brain is wired differently.
The various regions of the brain develop at

different rates in different people.
The brains of school children are just as unevenly

developed as their bodies. Our school system
ignores the fact that every brain is wired
differently. We wrongly assume every brain is
the same.
• Multiple intelligences theory

states that everyone has all
eight intelligences at varying
degrees of proficiency and an
individual's learning style is
unrelated to the areas in
which they are the most
intelligent
App: https://www.literacynet.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.binmeditation&hl=en&gl=US
Brain Rule4: We don’t pay attention to boring things
• People don’t pay attention to boring things. After an amount of time

audiences’ attention drops precipitously. We must do something
emotionally relevant to regain attention.
• We pay attention to things like emotions, threats and sex.
Simulation, a technique familiar to

business and higher education, is
presented in the context of training in
early childhood education. Simulation
refers to the creation of an environment
which represents situations and
personnel roles in actual work
experience
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Brain Rule5: Repeat to remember
There are many kinds of memories and many kinds of encoding
Sense or Non-sense?
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The notion of chunking

Brain pays attention to patterns. Remembering something we
have seen before is a useful evolutionary trait
Test your Memory:
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 The human brain can only hold about seven pieces of information for less than 30 seconds!
 Consistent re-exposure to the information is needed. Memories are so volatile that one has to
repeat to remember.
 Encoding during initial moments is crucial.
 There are many kinds of encoding and the type of encoding one does with a piece of info has a
great deal to do with your aility to remember it.
 App:
 https://graphicorganizer.net/
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/graphic-organizer/id995509174
Block Buster 1: Total Recall
Look at the list below for 2 minutes and try to remember as many as you can. Jot down the words
recalled:
Nine Swap Cell Ring Lust
Plugs Lamp Apple Table Sway
Army Bank Fire Hold Worm
Clock Horse Color Baby Sword
Desk Hold Find Bird Rock
T ake a look at this list as well:
Which list could you remember better and why?
Horse Cat Dog Fish Bird

Orange Yellow Blue Green Black
Table Chair Desk Bookcase Bed
Teacher School Student Homework Class
Apple Banana Kiwi Grape Mango
Bonus: Brain Exercise
Use your non dominating hand
Hand gestures
Format your fist for 90 sec
Circle and square
Multi colour test
Accupressure
End of Session 1
Brain Rules
“Our brain is the most complex thing we have
yet discovered in our universe.”
Brain Rule6: Remember to repeat
 It takes years to consolidate a memory.
 Repeated exposure to information in specifically timed intervals provides

the most powerful way to fix memory into the brain.
 Forgetting allows us to prioritize events. But if you want to remember,

remember to repeat.
 The Mind Mapping Technique was developed in late 1960s by Tony Buzan – an expert on
brain, memory, speed reading, creativity and innovation.
 A Mind Map is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlock the
potential of the brain.
 It harnesses the full range of cortical skills – word, image, number, logic, rhythm, colour and
spatial awareness – in a single, uniquely powerful manner.
 The Mind Map can be applied to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer
thinking will enhance human performance.
App:https:
//play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.modelmakertools.simplemindfree&hl=en_IN&gl=US
Class room Implementation Brain Activity 6
How to Create Mind Map?
How to Create Mind Map:
First Rule: Start from the middle
Second Rule: Add thoughts to the center
Third Rule: Use text, images, and colors
Weblink:
https://coggle.it/
App:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coggle-collaborative-mind/hbcapocoafbfccjgdgammadkndakcfoi?hl=en-GB
Brain Rule7: Sleep well, think well
 The brain is very active when we sleep.
 It’s possible that the reason we need

to sleep is so that we can learn.
 Loss of sleep hurts attention, executive

function, working memory, mood, quantitative
skills, logical reasoning, and even motor
dexterity.
Emphasize on Brain waves :Sleep Stages
The military method
Relax your entire face, including the muscles

inside your mouth.
Drop your shoulders to release the tension and let
your hands drop to the side of your body.
Exhale, relaxing your chest.
Relax your legs, thighs, and calves.
Clear your mind for 10 seconds by imagining a
relaxing scene.
App: https://assets.nhs.uk/tools/self-assessments/index.mob.html?variant=72
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.northcube.sleepcycle&hl=en_IN&gl=US
Brain Rule8: Stressed brains do not learn well
 Our brain is built to deal with

stress that lasts about 30 seconds.
The brain is not designed for long term
stress
 Stress damages virtually damages

every kind of cognition that exists.
4A method
Avoid the stressor
Alter the stressor.
Adapt
Accept
PMR Technique:
id=com.JindoBlu.Antistress&hl=en_IN&gl=US
Brain Rule9: Sensory Integration
Our senses work together so it is important to stimulate them. We

learn best if we stimulate several senses at once.
Smells have an unusual power to bring back memories and serve as

the learning link.
Those in multisensory environments always do better than those in

unisensory environments. They have more recall with better
resolution that lasts longer, evident even 20 years later.
• Create a sensory bin. It's simple for

children to enjoy sensory play when you
create a sensory bin for them to explore. ...
• Playing with food. ...
• Sound tubes. ...
• Play dough. ...
• Balance beam. ...
• Calming bottles. ...
• Sandbox. ...
• Swing, swing, swing.
https://javalab.org/en/tuning_fork_and_sound_wave_en/
id=com.SensoryPlayApps.SensoryFishFree&hl=en_IN&gl=US
Brain Rule10: Vision trumps all other senses
We are incredible at remembering

pictures. Hear a piece of information,
and three days later we remember
10% of it.
Add a picture and we remember
65%.
Pictures beat text as well, as our
brain sees words as lots of tiny
pictures, and we have to identify
certain features in the letters to
be able to read them.
Classroom Implementation : Brain Activity 10
Name the colours as fast as you can:
Name the colours of the following words:
App:https://www.improvememory.org/wp-content/games/tronix-2/
index.html
Brain Rule11: Male and Female brains are
different
 Men and women are different structurally and bio-chemically.
 Men and women process certain emotions differently. Emotions are useful.
They make the brain pay attention. These differences are a product of
complex interactions between nature and nurture.
Video:
Dr. Verma Research Findings:
Brain Rule12: Exploration
We are powerful and natural explorers - The desire to explore never leaves us despite the classrooms and
cubicles we are stuffed into.
Babies are the model of how we learn—not by passive reaction to the environment but by active testing
through observation, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion.
Classroom Implementation: Brain Activity
12
What is exploration in the
classroom?
During the exploration
phase, teachers provide students
with two or more activities that
allow students to explore a new
topic and ask questions. Students
are investigating, questioning and
developing critical thinking skills
about the science topic.
App:https://www.solarsystemscope.com/
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Brain Rules

“Our brain is the most complex thing we have

2 Know about The Brain

 The human brain — a  The brain is made up of  It has a capacity to store

But do you know that as a child he was:

• Dyslexic • Very weak in • Could not speak till

e r! • Pre gina diso e an

Br olv to com by pes ’ p ent

Ri g ati wn an pic atte

 Reasoning, Language, Social understanding

 Ability to generalise, Perspective-taking

 Academic and social learning

 Ability to handle complex tasks

 Inferential thinking becomes more

 Learning becomes more

 Risk-prone; impulsive than

• Aerobic exercise just twice a week halves your risk of dementia

• Exercise positively affects executive function, spatial tasks, reaction

Schulte Table performance include:

work efficiency (WE);

 Our brain is the key to our survival

 Our ability to solve problems, learn from mistakes,

 Our ability to understand each other is our chief

• Listening to neural beats

The various regions of the brain develop at

The brains of school children are just as unevenly

• Multiple intelligences theory

• People don’t pay attention to boring things. After an amount of time

• We pay attention to things like emotions, threats and sex.

Simulation, a technique familiar to

The notion of chunking

 Encoding during initial moments is crucial.

Nine Swap Cell Ring Lust

Plugs Lamp Apple Table Sway

Army Bank Fire Hold Worm

Clock Horse Color Baby Sword

Desk Hold Find Bird Rock

Horse Cat Dog Fish Bird

Table Chair Desk Bookcase Bed

Teacher School Student Homework Class

Apple Banana Kiwi Grape Mango

 Repeated exposure to information in specifically timed intervals provides

 Forgetting allows us to prioritize events. But if you want to remember,

How to Create Mind Map:

First Rule: Start from the middle

Second Rule: Add thoughts to the center

Third Rule: Use text, images, and colors

 The brain is very active when we sleep.

 It’s possible that the reason we need

 Loss of sleep hurts attention, executive

Relax your entire face, including the muscles

 Our brain is built to deal with

 Stress damages virtually damages

Our senses work together so it is important to stimulate them. We

Smells have an unusual power to bring back memories and serve as

Those in multisensory environments always do better than those in

• Create a sensory bin. It's simple for

We are incredible at remembering

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