Bronx Zoo Area and Perimeter

Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching, and Learning

Jenna HarlanOctober 21, 2013

Objectives/Audience

• Use knowledge of area to determine what animal belongs with each exhibit

• Understand how to find the perimeter of common shapes

• Create a model of an exhibit using perimeter

18 - Third grade students will:

Primacy/ RecencyPerformance Objectives

Prime Time 2 –Recency• Match reptiles to

exhibits on SB, Create an exhibit using perimeter.

Prime Time 1 – Primacy• Videos, reviewing

concepts of area and perimeter, models of each. Downtime – practice

• Matching reptile to exhibit using area.

Evaluation/Assessment

Chalk exhibit that is created outside

Group participation

Exhibit worksheet

Sense and Meaning

Sense:Reptile house

pictures

Meaning:Real World Connections

Gregoric Learning Styles

Abstract – Sequential Concrete – Sequential

Abstract - Random Concrete - Random

Multiple Intelligences

• Visual –Spatial• Verbal/ Linguistic• Logical/Mathematical• Interpersonal• Bodily – Kinesthetic• Naturalist

Technology

Brainy BitsCerebral Lobes– Frontal Lobes: Thinking

and Problem Solving– Temporal Lobes: Object

Recognition and Speech– Occipital Lobes: Visual

Processing– Parietal Lobes:

Calculation and Spatial Orientation

Neurons- Connect information

Brainy Bits Cont.Limbic System

ThalamusHypothalamusHippocampusAmygdala

Sensory InputEnvironment all around

ReferencesSousa, David A. How the Brain Learns. California: Corwin Press Inc. 2011Lane, Carla. “Garner’s Multiple Intelligences.” Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences from The Distance Learning Technology Resource Guide, n.d Web. 10Oct. 2013Gregoric Model (handout from Moodle)

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