1. Brain Rules Unleashed Ready, Set, THINK!

2. Things we will address: Nutrition Sleep Vision Stress Exercise

3. Primary Sources

4. http://nerds.unl.edu/brain

5. Goals: Why should I care? Take care of you – take care of your students. Raise Kids to raise test scores Cutting Edge Information and Strategies

6. Stress

7. Experience is Job One

8. Exercise

9. Food as Fuel

10. The myelin sheaths surrounding neurons are not fully developed until early age 25 to 30

11. Use of artificial neurotransmitters, i.e. caffeine, during the first twelve years may interfere with the nervous systems ability to naturally make them for the rest of a person’s life!!

12. Brain Finding Imperative

13. ...Refined Sugar, everything of food value has been removed except the carbohydrates-pure calories, without vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes or any of the other elements that make up food

14. Sleep IS Important!!

15. Sleep Findings Sleeping after learning grows TWICE as many dendrites Stryker’s 2001

16. Sleep Patterns

17. Average daily sleep needs: Adolescents – Teens 8.5-9.5 hours Newborn Babies 0-2 months: 10.5-18.5 hours Infants 2-12 months: 14-15 hours Toddler 12-18 months: 13-15 hours 18 months-3 years: 12-14 hours Preschoolers 3-5 years: 11-13 hours 1st - 8th Graders (5-12 years) 9-11 hours Mature : On average: 7-9 hours

18. 15  13  11  9  7  5  Memory Space is Developmental Plus or Minus 2 Chunking as a Strategy

19. Video

25. Attention Please

28. Tell a relevant story Show a relevant video Do a relevant activity

29. Key Sources www.brainrules.net Nerds.unl.edu/brain Thanks for “Watching” & Interacting!!!

30. Dr. Ron Bonnstetter rjb@unl.edu

31. Wish list Blink: What does your office say about you? Growing, growing, gone!...Developing growth mindsets (Dweck) Marketing with Color in Mind The Chemistry of Trust MEG is the future!!