Michigan Model for Health
- Overview
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- K-12 Scope and Sequence
- Implementation Times
- ADDENDA!
- CORRELATIONS
- Brain Breaks!
- Research and Evidence of Michigan Model
- Health GLCEs & Michigan Merit
- Michigan Model Material listings
- Videos
- MIChild and Healthy Kids Health Insurance
- MIPHY-Michigan Profiles for Healthy Youth
- Native American Food Circle
- Sex Education and HIV
- Administrator's Orientation: On the radar
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Brain-Based Learning!Presentation by Lisa Jo Gagliardi, August 11, 2011 Click to download presentationLots of Links Below!
Note: Some of these links are videos. If you want to use them in class, download first, and then you can play it from your computer and do not have to go online, or worry about delays and buffering.
Framing the need for brain based learning and brain breaks!ABC World News Report (a must watch!)
Roll A Brain Break Chart"How many "F"s are there?" ActivityAll Subjects Brain BreaksInfo: these brain breaks can be used in different subject areas: ELA, Math, Science, Health, Social Studies, etc. All grade levels
http://www.emc.cmich.edu/brainbreaks/
Energizing Brain Breaks!
Info: videos model the brain break in a classroom. Great for upper elementary-12th grade
http://brainbreaks.blogspot.com/
Fit Bits for the classroom (Michigan Fitness Council)
http://www.michiganfitness.org/fitbits/
Action-Based Learning (Jean Blaydes-Madigan)Easy Brain Teasers (Quick and Easy Ideas)Do you see the Gorilla?
Directions: Make sure kids know that they have to count how many times the white team passes the rubber band ball…note, this clip has an advertisement at the end, so you may want to stop it at that point.
BOOKS:"SPARK", by John J. Ratey, M.D. (highly recommend!)Jean Blaydes Madigan books
