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.

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:
3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
4-LS1-2: Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
Health Standards:
For the full list of National Health Education Standards, please see the “Health Standards” section of the manual.