Captivate, Activate, and Invigorate the Student Brain in Science and Math, Grades 6-12

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. The Recipe for an Engaged Brain The Recipe for Student Engagement Recipes as Frameworks Using Your Engagement Monitor Engagement: An Overt and Covert Operation You Can Lead Students to Class, but Can You Make Them Think? Chapter 1: 3-2-1 Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References Engaging Professional Development Tasks 2. Building Background Knowledge Using Models to Build Background Knowledge A Road Map of the Brain The Nuts and Bolts Engaging the Students With Vocabulary Pandora's Box Chapter 2: Concept Development Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References 3. Prime the Brain: Activate Prior Knowledge The Deafening Sound of Silence Making Student Brains More Efficient Getting Better Encoding, Retention, and Recall Link to the Recipe for Engagement Chapter 3: "Fist List" Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References 4. Captivate With Novelty In the Classroom, Novelty Is the Spice of Life Emotionally Charged Events Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Novelty in Moderation Chapter 4: Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References 5. Why Do We Need to Know This? Establishing Relevance How Is Relevance Good for the Brain? A Mouse Tale How Can I Make Learning Behaviorally Relevant? Link to the Recipe for Engagement Chapter 5: Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References 6. Too Much, Too Fast: Maintaining an Engaging Pace Input and Quantity Limitations Press and Release What to Do Between Chunks? Too Much, Too Fast Chapter 6: Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References 7. Make Learning a Long-Lasting, Invigorating Experience It's as if They Were Never Even in Class Checking for Understanding Reading Closure Activities A Watched Pot Never Boils . . . and This Is a Good Thing Chapter 7: Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References 8. Building an Engaging Science or Mathematics Lesson and Unit Using the Recipe to Build an Engaging Lesson Using the Recipe to Build an Engaging Unit A Recipe for Diversity Taste Testing the Recipe Chapter 8: Exit Ticket Engaging Professional Development Tasks References Appendix A Unit Instructional Plan Appendix B Daily Lesson Plan Index