Lesson Overview
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.
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.