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What If You Never Forgot Anything? Instructional VideoWhat If You Never Forgot Anything? Instructional Video
Publisher
Be Smart
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
9:46
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
Video
Year
2018
Usage Permissions
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Instructional Video

What If You Never Forgot Anything?

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What would life be like if we never forgot anything? Challenge scholars to imagine the possibilities using a video from an extensive science playlist. Content includes how memories form, why forgetting is essential to learning, and what happens when the brain doesn't store information correctly.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

memory, the brain, neurons, the hippocampus, emotions, sense of smell, sense of taste, sense of sight, the human body, sleep

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Work the video into a unit about the brain or as a bridge between the nervous system and the senses
  • Fill the classroom with a pleasant odor, such as vanilla, then have students describe what it makes them think of 

Classroom Considerations

  • Pupils should have some understanding of the parts of the brain and how neurons work before viewing
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Although the content is high-level, the video is extremely engaging
  • The narrator provides excellent explanations of all terms and concepts

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.9-10.2

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