Teaching the brain the importance of maintaining good oral health
Rob Bertolini
Brains
Fall 2013

Target Audience
 Audience
 7 th grade Health Students
 Christopher Columbus Middle School, Clifton NJ
 35 Students
 Classroom Environment
 Respectful
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Encourages all learners
Safe

Goals, Objectives, and
Outcomes
 Understand how to maintain excellent oral health care
 Know that good teeth lead to a healthier life
 Recognize that special activities and conditions require extra “tooth attention.”
 Perform an in-class activity that helps maintain good oral health

Sense and Meaning
 Sense:
 Learning the value of good oral hygiene
 Meaning:
 Leads to a healthier more confident life

Primacy/Recency
 P1 (30 Minutes)
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Do Now
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Key terms
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Diagram
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Video
 Down Time (20 Minutes)
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Group Discussions of Do Now
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Video on flossing
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Brain Pop quiz
 P2 (5 minutes)
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Exit Ticket

Whip it

Techniques for Evaluation and
Assessment
 Discussions
 Terms and facts
 Practicing flossing
 Brain Pop quiz
 Whip It
 Exit Ticket

Technology
 Smart Board
 YouTube Video Clips
 Brain Pop
 Projector
 ELMO
 Speakers

Learning Styles
Abstract Random
Concrete Sequential
Concrete Random Abstract Sequential

Sensory Input

Multiple Intelligences

 Info
 Detects
 Integrates
 Responds
Neurons

The Limbic System
 Thalamus
 Hypothalamus
 Hippocampus
 Amygdala

Lobes of the Brain

Citations
 Sousa, David A.
How the Brain Learns . Third ed. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Corwin, 2006. Print.
 "Gardner's Multiple Intelligences." Gardner's Multiple Intelligences .
N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2013 . http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html
 “ Healthy Mouth, Healthy You ” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-
BGfwCoJJA
 Google Images , www.google.com