Bronx Zoo
Area and Perimeter
Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching, and Learning
Jenna Harlan
October 21, 2013
Objectives/Audience
18 - Third grade students will:
• Understand how to find
the perimeter of
common shapes
• Use knowledge of area
to determine what
animal belongs with
each exhibit
• Create a model of an
exhibit using perimeter
Primacy/ Recency
Performance Objectives
Prime Time 1 – Primacy
• Videos, reviewing
concepts of area and
perimeter, models of
each.
Downtime – practice
•Matching reptile to exhibit using area.
Prime Time 2 –Recency
• Match reptiles to
exhibits on SB, Create an
exhibit using perimeter.
Evaluation/Assessment
Exhibit worksheet
Group participation
Chalk exhibit that is
created outside
Sense and Meaning
Sense:
Reptile house
pictures
Meaning:
Real World Connections
Gregoric Learning Styles
Abstract – Sequential
Abstract - Random
Concrete – Sequential
Concrete - Random
Multiple Intelligences
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Visual –Spatial
Verbal/ Linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Interpersonal
Bodily – Kinesthetic
Naturalist
Technology
Brainy Bits
Cerebral 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
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Sensory Input
Environment all around
References
Sousa, David A. How the Brain
Learns. California: Corwin Press
Inc. 2011
Lane, Carla. “Garner’s Multiple
Intelligences.” Gardner’s Multiple
Intelligences from The Distance
Learning Technology Resource
Guide, n.d Web. 10Oct. 2013
Gregoric Model (handout from
Moodle)
References
Pictures:
http://www.theweekbehind.com/2011/03/31/not-a-fan-of-g-i-joe/
http://math.pppst.com/perimeter.html
http://marketing.njstatelib.org/blogs/2013/sep/25/tmcclary/get_into_the_director_s_chair_using_video_to_promote
http://www.mentalstarters.co.uk/.Yr%206%20ScreenShots/Area%20and%20perimeter.jpg
http://watermarked.cutcaster.com/cutcaster-photo-100593442-Group-of-school-kids.jpg
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/builder-551559.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3174/lincolnparkzoo118.jpg
http://www.redlom.com/uploads/1/3/7/9/1370132/5765247_orig.gif
http://www.techimode.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/5-tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-internet-usuage.png
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xlhfCc-YVTk/T2lryEuVeSl/AAAAAAAABeA/EAVPBvKppr/s1600/smart-board-cerebal_cortex_lobes.gif
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/neuron.gif
http://eofdreams.com/data_images/dreams/computer/computer-05.jpg
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/6a00d834518e1c69e2011571a4b6d6970b-320wi.jpg