Brain Compatible Teaching
Part 1: Powerful Learning Experiences
(Fairs, Festivals, Field Trips and Fun)

Field Trips, Festivals
Fairs, and Fun

Virtual Field Trips

What is brain compatible teaching?
How do we become better brain compatible teachers?
How do we design powerful learning experiences
with our students’ brains in mind?

Let’s Recap: The Brain is ……..
My Brain Metaphor______________

The brain learns best……
5 Principles of the
Brain Friendly Classroom

What does the research say about
how our students learn?

www.brainrules.net

20 Instructional Strategies
To Engage the BrainGraphic Organizers
Writing and Reflection
Brainstorming
Field Trips
Debates
Visuals
Movement
Humor and Celebration
Music, Rhythm, Rhyme & Rap
Cooperative Learning
Problem Based Learning
Role play/Drama/Charades
Summarizing and Notemaking
Technology
Visualization
Games
Storytelling
Manipulatives/Models
Mnemonic Devices
Drawing and Artwork
By Marcia Tate

The Top 10 Best Brain
Foods

Wise Words of the Week
"At every level, experience is
necessary to the development of
intelligence“
***Jean Piaget