In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read the last neuron note answers of the development unit.
2) "The Becoming Years." We watched a few video clips of the Inside Out or you quietly looked over your notes.
3) Ch. 3 & 4 Test. 100 Multiple choice questions in 70 minutes. What did you think?
4) Sensation/Perception Unit Outline. Start reading chapter 5...it will be an exciting unit!
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 5 pp. 193-199
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
October 12: Aging
In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read answers to your questions and write a new question.
2) Developmental Activity. I collected your fun work on Piaget, Kohlberg, or Freud. :) Thank you!
3) Emerging Adulthood. The final severing of the umbilical cord! :) You are moving away from your parents and they from you, but it is not easy and no one is sure they really want to. Sometimes it is simple -- you spend more time away from home because of your new job. Sometimes it is hard -- you fight and slam doors and shut each other out.
4) Sing-A-Long. "Father and Son" says it perfectly. :) Enjoy!
5) Old, like me! :) There is not a lot of positive vibes for aging. People are not talked about as wise or experiences, but wrinkly and crabby. We looked at birthday cards and their negative message on aging.
6) "Never Say Die" Scientific American Frontiers. Fabulous information on research on aging! Eat Less, Live Longer. What do you think?
Assignments:
1) Finish Chapter 4 if you haven't.
2) Chapter 3 AND 4 test is on Friday! Study like mad.
Class Activities: Collect Stage Theorists Assignment, Discuss Adulthood, DVDs Inside Out Ch. 4 and Never Say Die
Assignment: STUDY!!
1) Neuron Note. You read answers to your questions and write a new question.
2) Developmental Activity. I collected your fun work on Piaget, Kohlberg, or Freud. :) Thank you!
3) Emerging Adulthood. The final severing of the umbilical cord! :) You are moving away from your parents and they from you, but it is not easy and no one is sure they really want to. Sometimes it is simple -- you spend more time away from home because of your new job. Sometimes it is hard -- you fight and slam doors and shut each other out.
4) Sing-A-Long. "Father and Son" says it perfectly. :) Enjoy!
5) Old, like me! :) There is not a lot of positive vibes for aging. People are not talked about as wise or experiences, but wrinkly and crabby. We looked at birthday cards and their negative message on aging.
6) "Never Say Die" Scientific American Frontiers. Fabulous information on research on aging! Eat Less, Live Longer. What do you think?
Assignments:
1) Finish Chapter 4 if you haven't.
2) Chapter 3 AND 4 test is on Friday! Study like mad.
Class Activities: Collect Stage Theorists Assignment, Discuss Adulthood, DVDs Inside Out Ch. 4 and Never Say Die
Assignment: STUDY!!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
October 7: Stage Theorists/Adolescence
In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You wrote me a new question about adolescence.
2) Lecture on Stage Theorists. I cranked through all the stage theorists: Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson, Freud. Then I lectured on adolescence and specifically, the teenage brain.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 4 pp. 171-189 (or finish it).
2) Notes and notecards (optional)
3) Extra credit Options
Cafe Scientific: How Environmental Change Drove Human Evolution? Thursday, October 7th 7pm.
Videos at lunch A days this week.
1) Neuron Note. You wrote me a new question about adolescence.
2) Lecture on Stage Theorists. I cranked through all the stage theorists: Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson, Freud. Then I lectured on adolescence and specifically, the teenage brain.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 4 pp. 171-189 (or finish it).
2) Notes and notecards (optional)
3) Extra credit Options
Cafe Scientific: How Environmental Change Drove Human Evolution? Thursday, October 7th 7pm.
Videos at lunch A days this week.
October 5: Babies
In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You wrote me a new question about Piaget, attachment, and the other development concepts.
2) Collect "Gender Bender." Wow! What great ideas! You guys are very cool!
3) Philip Zimbardo's "The Developing Child" video!
4) Prenatal Development Lecture.
5) Stage Theorists Lecture. Because of the jam-packed schedule, I only got through Piaget. We will finish them all on Thursday and make it interesting. I gave you lots of life examples of my own children who are different stages at ages 3, 5, 8
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 4 pp. 159-170.
2) Notes and notecards (optional)
Extra credit Options
Cafe Scientific: How Environmental Change Drove Human Evolution? Thursday, October 7th 7pm.
Videos at lunch A days this week.
1) Neuron Note. You wrote me a new question about Piaget, attachment, and the other development concepts.
2) Collect "Gender Bender." Wow! What great ideas! You guys are very cool!
3) Philip Zimbardo's "The Developing Child" video!
4) Prenatal Development Lecture.
5) Stage Theorists Lecture. Because of the jam-packed schedule, I only got through Piaget. We will finish them all on Thursday and make it interesting. I gave you lots of life examples of my own children who are different stages at ages 3, 5, 8
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 4 pp. 159-170.
2) Notes and notecards (optional)
Extra credit Options
Cafe Scientific: How Environmental Change Drove Human Evolution? Thursday, October 7th 7pm.
Videos at lunch A days this week.
October 1: Gender Differences
In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read answers to your questions and write a new question.
2) Culture. Wow! It's so much fun to talk about personal space. Thumbs up! Or wait, that could be bad in Nigeria.
3) Gender Differences Fishbowl Conversation. You wrote anonymous questions to ask the opposite sex and I collected them. Then all the ladies got together in a circle, with the guys listening on the outside, to have an honest conversation about them. And then we switched with the guys answering the ladies' question in the circle in order to find out their responses. This allows each gender to get a chance to talk amongst themselves honestly. In the end, we came to the conclusion that all females are not the same and all males are not the same.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 4 pp. 143-159.
2) Chapter vocabulary notecards (optional)
3) "Gender Bender" assignment. Have fun!
Extra credit videos at lunch A days next week.
1) Neuron Note. You read answers to your questions and write a new question.
2) Culture. Wow! It's so much fun to talk about personal space. Thumbs up! Or wait, that could be bad in Nigeria.
3) Gender Differences Fishbowl Conversation. You wrote anonymous questions to ask the opposite sex and I collected them. Then all the ladies got together in a circle, with the guys listening on the outside, to have an honest conversation about them. And then we switched with the guys answering the ladies' question in the circle in order to find out their responses. This allows each gender to get a chance to talk amongst themselves honestly. In the end, we came to the conclusion that all females are not the same and all males are not the same.
Assignments:
1) Read chapter 4 pp. 143-159.
2) Chapter vocabulary notecards (optional)
3) "Gender Bender" assignment. Have fun!
Extra credit videos at lunch A days next week.
September 29: Jigsaw of Chapter 3
In-Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You read answers to your questions and wrote a new question.
2) Pop Quiz on Chapter 3.
3) Heritability. I clarified what it is. If it still is troublesome, see me at lunch.
4) Chapter 3 Jigsaw. You shared the information for you learned last class with your neighbors.
5) Gender Differences Preparation. You wrote anonymous questions to ask the opposite sex for Friday.
Assignments:
1) Start chapter 4.
2) Notes again for those of you with 80 or lower on the tests. Optional chapter vocabulary notecards.
3) Gender Bender. Analyze gender stereotyping in the world and write up your experience. See the half sheet I gave you on what to do.
1) Neuron Note. You read answers to your questions and wrote a new question.
2) Pop Quiz on Chapter 3.
3) Heritability. I clarified what it is. If it still is troublesome, see me at lunch.
4) Chapter 3 Jigsaw. You shared the information for you learned last class with your neighbors.
5) Gender Differences Preparation. You wrote anonymous questions to ask the opposite sex for Friday.
Assignments:
1) Start chapter 4.
2) Notes again for those of you with 80 or lower on the tests. Optional chapter vocabulary notecards.
3) Gender Bender. Analyze gender stereotyping in the world and write up your experience. See the half sheet I gave you on what to do.
September 27: Evolutionary Psych & Behavior Genetics
Class Activities:
1) Neuron Note. You got a chance to read some very interesting Neuron Note questions and answers...identical twins, heritability, Human Genome Project. I checked notes. Those of you who earned less than the mean on the tests need to try a new method of notetaking.
2) Evolutionary Psychology Survey: This gave us a chance to talk about how evolutionary psychologists talk about human behavior and our underlying motivations to perpetuate our genes. Who would you save if your boat sinks? Would you rather marry someone older or younger? It is a fun view of human behavior.
2) Gattaca. We watched the two great video segments from NOVA Science NOW. Personal DNA testing: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/01.html The second is about Epigenetics: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02.html Think about how genetics could play in the future. If you love this stuff watch Gattaca for fun. Here is the story: The main character is one of the last "natural" babies born into a world where parents meet with the local geneticist to determine what traits they want they new child to have. Because of the knowledge that comes from genes, life expectancy and disease probabilities are known at birth. Since he is not genetically perfect, he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes, instead of your gender, race or religion. Until he assumes the identity of another perfectly genetic man... Watch the rest of it for a great conversation with your family and friends that relates to this chapter.
3) Jigsaw on Behavior Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Role of the Environment: you read one set of articles about hot topics and shared your information with a small group and listened to the other information they discovered in their readings.
Assignments:
1) Finish chapter 3.
2) Take very ACTIVE notes! I'll check again on Wednesday.
3) Chapter 3 and 4 vocabulary notecards (optional)
1) Neuron Note. You got a chance to read some very interesting Neuron Note questions and answers...identical twins, heritability, Human Genome Project. I checked notes. Those of you who earned less than the mean on the tests need to try a new method of notetaking.
2) Evolutionary Psychology Survey: This gave us a chance to talk about how evolutionary psychologists talk about human behavior and our underlying motivations to perpetuate our genes. Who would you save if your boat sinks? Would you rather marry someone older or younger? It is a fun view of human behavior.
2) Gattaca. We watched the two great video segments from NOVA Science NOW. Personal DNA testing: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/01.html The second is about Epigenetics: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02.html Think about how genetics could play in the future. If you love this stuff watch Gattaca for fun. Here is the story: The main character is one of the last "natural" babies born into a world where parents meet with the local geneticist to determine what traits they want they new child to have. Because of the knowledge that comes from genes, life expectancy and disease probabilities are known at birth. Since he is not genetically perfect, he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes, instead of your gender, race or religion. Until he assumes the identity of another perfectly genetic man... Watch the rest of it for a great conversation with your family and friends that relates to this chapter.
3) Jigsaw on Behavior Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Role of the Environment: you read one set of articles about hot topics and shared your information with a small group and listened to the other information they discovered in their readings.
Assignments:
1) Finish chapter 3.
2) Take very ACTIVE notes! I'll check again on Wednesday.
3) Chapter 3 and 4 vocabulary notecards (optional)
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