Get Your Thinking Caps Ready!
Brain Based Inventory
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In this lesson you will create a thinking cap that you can wear! It’s your job to decorate it in your own personal style and you can select one of two choices on how you want to decorate and label:
1. Map it out first and create words and imagery in both hemispheres
2. Color
3. Cut
4. Tape – on inside for overall neatness (Might need to leave the back end open for a better fit)
NOTE! Use the same colors on both sides of the brain to demonstrate symmetry and balance. Remember, you need a well-balanced brain to do well in school!
Materials:
Along with this lesson you will take a brief assessment to measure if you are right-brained or left-brained dominant.
Understanding which side of your brain is more dominant can totally transform the way you learn in the future and develop your strengths and help work on your weaknesses. Although it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which side is more dominant than the other below is a brief description and diagram to help you. Keep in mind you need both sides of your brain to successfully function. The idea is to reinforce whole brain learning and recognize the creative process (a right brain function) also needs left brain cognitive thinking skills and vice-versa.
Whole brain learning is the balance of both the right brain and the left brain ways of thinking that allow us to understand, frame and problem solve. While "left brain" thinkers refer to the more logical, analytic and rationale in contrast with the "right brain" skills which are creative artistic and emotional, whole brain process possess the ability to apply both ways of thinking to the problems they solve.
Today's challenges in the engineering world require a combination of technical expertise, the ability to innovate, and the skills to develop and implement complex solutions. These demands call for whole-brain engineers and developing core analytic skills while augmenting them with the "right-brain" thinking through the design process and personal activities.
RIGHT-BRAINED DOMINANT PEOPLE – If you are right-brained, you are usually more artistic, than scientific. Your favorite subjects are probably English, Arts, or Music. You enjoy games like Charades and Pictionary – activities that utilize the creative part of your brain to get your point across, or to assimilate information. Now we realize that most kids aren't thrilled about cleaning their rooms but a right-brained person can really keep things messy. They can have piles of things all over the place, but they defend them as “organized” piles and somehow know exactly where to find their stuff.
LEFT-BRAINED DOMINANT PEOPLE – If you are left-brained, you like things a little more organized. Math and science are usually your favorite, or least challenging subjects. You rock on a True/False test and almost always read directions so you know exactly what to do. Your favorite games are word or number puzzles and Jeopardy. You like games with exact answers. You might even be one of the only kids in the world that like to have a clean room.
Still not sure which part of the brain is more dominant and describes your strengths and personality? Take the right brain vs. left brain quiz form to find out just to be sure or the online quizzes above. Brain power (to determine right or left brain dominance) handout
- Personalized brain: Create, color and personalize what’s in your very own brain. A 3-D Mind map of sorts. What makes you…you? Be creative, inventive and craft your own brain functions and personality traits. What are your strengths and weaknesses and where do they reside in your brain?
- Labeled scientific brain: Create and color a brain cap with the proper labeling that scientifically demonstrates and describes where certain brain functions and personality traits reside. Use the brain reference for guidance.
1. Map it out first and create words and imagery in both hemispheres
2. Color
3. Cut
4. Tape – on inside for overall neatness (Might need to leave the back end open for a better fit)
NOTE! Use the same colors on both sides of the brain to demonstrate symmetry and balance. Remember, you need a well-balanced brain to do well in school!
Materials:
- Template – both blank and one with labels
- Scissors
- Staples
- Tape
- Glue
- Paper clips to hold lobes together while in drying process if glue is used.
- Coloring supplies – markers, crayons, colored pencils
- Card stock paper to print templates
Along with this lesson you will take a brief assessment to measure if you are right-brained or left-brained dominant.
Understanding which side of your brain is more dominant can totally transform the way you learn in the future and develop your strengths and help work on your weaknesses. Although it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which side is more dominant than the other below is a brief description and diagram to help you. Keep in mind you need both sides of your brain to successfully function. The idea is to reinforce whole brain learning and recognize the creative process (a right brain function) also needs left brain cognitive thinking skills and vice-versa.
Whole brain learning is the balance of both the right brain and the left brain ways of thinking that allow us to understand, frame and problem solve. While "left brain" thinkers refer to the more logical, analytic and rationale in contrast with the "right brain" skills which are creative artistic and emotional, whole brain process possess the ability to apply both ways of thinking to the problems they solve.
Today's challenges in the engineering world require a combination of technical expertise, the ability to innovate, and the skills to develop and implement complex solutions. These demands call for whole-brain engineers and developing core analytic skills while augmenting them with the "right-brain" thinking through the design process and personal activities.
RIGHT-BRAINED DOMINANT PEOPLE – If you are right-brained, you are usually more artistic, than scientific. Your favorite subjects are probably English, Arts, or Music. You enjoy games like Charades and Pictionary – activities that utilize the creative part of your brain to get your point across, or to assimilate information. Now we realize that most kids aren't thrilled about cleaning their rooms but a right-brained person can really keep things messy. They can have piles of things all over the place, but they defend them as “organized” piles and somehow know exactly where to find their stuff.
LEFT-BRAINED DOMINANT PEOPLE – If you are left-brained, you like things a little more organized. Math and science are usually your favorite, or least challenging subjects. You rock on a True/False test and almost always read directions so you know exactly what to do. Your favorite games are word or number puzzles and Jeopardy. You like games with exact answers. You might even be one of the only kids in the world that like to have a clean room.
Still not sure which part of the brain is more dominant and describes your strengths and personality? Take the right brain vs. left brain quiz form to find out just to be sure or the online quizzes above. Brain power (to determine right or left brain dominance) handout
PHRENOLOGY And Visual Right - Left Brain Context