Lesson Overview: Fight or Flight

In this video-guided lesson, your students learn about brain science, how it relates to our reactions, and how movement can help support and stabilize these reactions.

Teacher Lesson Plan

Student Worksheet

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the fight or flight response.
• Identify the chain of reactions of the fight or flight response.
• Understand how breathing and movement (Shaking and Dancing) help calm and relax the nervous system.

Standards 

Mindsets & Behaviors:
For the full list of ASCA (American School Counselor Association) Student Standards, please see the “ASCA Student Standards” section of the manual.
SEL Competencies:
For the full list of CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, Emotional Learning) Competencies, please see the “SEL Competencies” section of the manual.
Next Generation Science Standards:
K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Math Standards: (Optional/Additional Lesson plans)
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3: Measurement and Data Standard Description: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.7: Measurement and Data Standard Description: Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
Health Standards:
For the full list of National Health Education Standards, please see the “Health Standards” section of the manual.