NEW FRONTIERS
CHAPTER 9
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the lesson, students will be
able to
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Distinguishing facts from theories
Explain the outline of the reading text
PART ONE
Introduction:
What areas of the brain might a person use
to compose music? To throw a ball? To
paint a picture?
What happens in human brain when people
sleep?
Why do people laugh?
What do scientists say about human brain?
The Human Brain-New Discoveries
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Pre Reading activity
Hemisphere
Neuroscientists
Origin
Insight
Maturation
Intuition
Prose
Colleague
Insomnia
exposed
rotate
repressed
consonant
dissonant
mature
wired
Distinguishing Facts from theories
As we discussed in the previous discussion, certain words or
expressions in affirmative statement usually indicate the existence
of facts—that is, information that has been proven accurate. Here
are some more:
Know
sure
prove
show
clear
Objective
certain
scientific
positive
Other words can indicate theories—that is, ideas that believed by some
people but have not been proven to be true. Here are some:
Think subjective
Likely possible
theorize
doubt
probably
possibly
claim
disagree
imply
Read the text entitled “The Human BrainNew Discoveries” Interactions 2, pp.
197-199
3.1. Write T on the lines before the statements that are true, while
write F to those are false.
___ Different parts of the brain control different activities or parts of
the body.
___ Most people don’t use all their creative ability.
___ Newly discovered memories from childhood are false memories.
___ The human brain is mature by the age of twelve.
___ There is no real difference between the brains of males and those
of females.
___ Music appear to be the result of education.
___ Emotions may affect people’s physical health.
Part Two
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode4/l
aughter/index.html
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Summarize the text: Why do we laugh? In
a 200 word paragraph, you will write
your summary of the text.
Part Three
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/episode3/
sleep/index.html
 After reading that article what is your
comment on the human brain?
 Why do we sleep?
 What happens to our brain when we
sleep?
 Rewrite the main idea of the text in one
sentence.
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