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Snow
Dog
CJ
Schleuter
1st Grade
Introducing:Introducing:
The Nifty
Neuron
Foundation of
Intelligence,
the thinking cells
Immature
Dendrites
Mature
Dendrites
Synapses
Myelin
Sheath
Axon
Reed Courtney
Chelsea Courtney Grade 5
Evening Flight
Reed
Courtney
5th Grade
Two Basic Ways That Brain Cells GrowTwo Basic Ways That Brain Cells Grow
First, as neurons are stimulated
(sensory experience), synapses grow
stronger and message-receiving
dendrites arborize, growing larger
and heavier. Growth of synapses and
dendrites provide the foundation for
life long learning.
Second, the long axons over which
messages travel to other cells
develop protective coating of myelin
which make chemical transmission
more efficient. (There is little myelin
present at birth, and it takes twenty or
thirty years to finish the process.)
Immature
Dendrites
Mature
Dendrites
Synapses
Myelin
Sheath
Axon
Reed Courtney
Cradle
Dreams
Mr. Scutt
Rachel Graville Grade 7
Myelination — It Takes Time!Myelination — It Takes Time!Myelination — It Takes Time!Myelination — It Takes Time!
Myelin coatings move from lower
structures and those responsible for
motor programs (e.g., reaching,
walking) to the highest centers for
academic skills, abstract thought, and
wise decision making. This process
begins at birth and reaches the frontal
lobes at about the age of sixteen. Until
the frontal lobes become fully
myelinated in young adulthood,
abstract thinking is problematic for the
developing child.
Frontal LobesFrontal Lobes —
abstract thought
decision making
The human brain matures from the
bottom up and from the back to the
front.
Birth to early adulthood
Chelsea Courtney
Woodstock’s Daydream
Seth
Williams
6th
Grade
Environmental EnrichmentEnvironmental EnrichmentEnvironmental EnrichmentEnvironmental Enrichment
“With increasing amounts of environmental
enrichment, we see brains that are larger
and heavier, with increased dendritic
branching. That means those nerve cells
can communicate better with each other.
With the enriched environments we also
get more support cells because the nerve
cells are getting bigger. Not only that, but
the junction between the cells - the
synapse - also increases its dimensions.
These are highly significant effects of
differential experience.” 47
What constitutes “environmental enrichment?”
Exercising Dendrites and Synapses
Chelsea Courtney
Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses
PhysicalPhysical Interaction or Visual Observation?Interaction or Visual Observation?
• Dr. William Greenough — “It appears that active interaction with the
environment is necessary for the animal to extract very much appropriate
information. Merely making visual experience of a complex environment
available to animals unable to interact with it has little behavioral effect.” 72
• “Physical play is one of the main ways in which children interact with
experience,” points out Dr. Bernstein. “The most characteristic thing about the
human is that we go looking for problems to solve, or in other words, playing. In
fact, we usually worry about significant emotional issues in youngsters who are
unable to look for problems to solve.” 80
• “Whenever touch is combined with the other senses, much more of the brain is
activated, thus building more complex nerve networks and tapping into more
learning potential.” Smart Moves, Carla Hannaford, pg. 41
Brenna
Stonum
Readiness
The Sun
Pyramid Forest
Woodward 7th
Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses
Hemispheric BalanceHemispheric Balance
• “During development, neurons in both
hemispheres must compete for synaptic sites,
so the type of input growing brains receive is
undoubtedly important for its final
hemispheric balance. Learning that builds
both analytic and holistic abilities is doubtless
good for the brain, but many schools,
unfortunately, focus heavily on stuffing in
fragments of information at the expense of
more general comprehension.” 127
Chelsea Courtney
“The more that both hemispheres and all
lobes are activated by use, the more
dendritic connections form and
extend across the corpus callosum and
myelinate.” Smart Moves 79
Michael Sherer 5th
Clovis Point and Sea Shells
Huuti Scutt
5th
Ben Allison 5th
• “It may take many years—
perhaps even a lifetime—for each
brain’s complement of synapses
to form and become strengthened
by repeated use. Particularly
during the early years, the ones
that get used are the ones that are
strengthened and will survive.”
74
• “Adults’ main task is to make a
variety of stimulation available,
at the same time considering
carefully the choices their
children are encouraged to make.
Brains of youngsters who spend
lots of time in front of a TV set,
for example, may be expected to
develop differently from those
who pursue the physical,
interpersonal, and cognitive
challenges of active play.”74
Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses
““Use Them or Lose Them”Use Them or Lose Them”
Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses
““Use Them or Lose Them”Use Them or Lose Them”
Immature
Dendrites
Mature
Dendrites
Synapses
Reed Courtney
Abraham
Lincoln’s
Axe
Form Drawing
Yamuna Stewart
Handmade Paper Scene
TheThe TriuneTriune BrainBrain
Three Areas of the
Triune Brain:
• Reptilian
Physical, territorial, survival
• Limbic
A developmental stage for
becoming interested in music and
color, etc. Association of feelings
with physical fact leading to
intellectual activity.
• Higher Level Thinking
Capability of doing intellectual
work such as complex math and
critical interpretation that involve
a higher degree of thinking than
before.
Jud Sanders
Developmental MaturationDevelopmental Maturation
Sea of FacesSea of Faces
Rosie Weagant 7th GradeRosie Weagant 7th Grade
Six
Division
Circle
Trilliums
Roger Barnhart
FeelingFeeling
Limbic SystemLimbic System
ThoughtThought
NeocortexNeocortex
Physical
Activity
Six Division Circle
Jesse Sanders 7th Grade
Owen Barnhart 4th Grade
( 0 - 2 ) Sensorimotor
( 2 - 7 ) Pre-operational
( 7 - 12 ) First Logical -
( 12 to adulthood) Formal Logical Operations
Jean PiagetJean Piaget
The TriuneThe Triune
BrainBrain
ActionAction FeelingFeeling ThoughtThought
Jesse Sanders
Smaug’s Lair
Summary of Brain ResearchSummary of Brain Research
Neurons are stimulated by sensory experience
(interactive vs. visual)
Growth of synapses and dendrites provide the
foundation for life long learning.
A protective coating of myelin makes chemical
transmission more efficient. Time and exercise.
Myelin coatings move from lower structures — those responsible for
motor programs — to the highest centers for academic skills, abstract
thought, and wise decision making. Developmental priorities
With increasing amounts of environmental enrichment, we see brains
that are larger and heavier, with increased dendritic branching.
Quantifiable measurements
Merely making visual experience of a complex environment available to
animals unable to interact with it has little behavioral effect. Physical activity
Whenever touch is combined with the other senses, much more of the brain is
activated.
It’s time to bring the brain to school!
Wynkin, Blynkin
& Nod
Oro Starcher 4th Grade
EnrichmentEnrichment::
Elements of Stehekin School’s Educational Program —
Building synapses, dendrites, and human relationships
Integrate all educational disciplines into unified thematic units;
Involve children in many practical activities calling for intense
concentration while building intellectual stamina;
Invite community members into school to share a wide variety of
skills;
Seek beauty in all school work and we do less more fully;
Inspire confidence, creativity and curiosity in children;
Actively engage children in listening, speaking and doing activities
the entire school day; and
We attempt to motivate and inspire students to become life-long
learners.
DrawnByCharlieBretz
“Learning is experience. Everything else
is just information.”
— Albert Einstein
“Without art there is
no education.”
- Margaret Mead

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Dendistry brain gallery

  • 2. Introducing:Introducing: The Nifty Neuron Foundation of Intelligence, the thinking cells Immature Dendrites Mature Dendrites Synapses Myelin Sheath Axon Reed Courtney
  • 5. Two Basic Ways That Brain Cells GrowTwo Basic Ways That Brain Cells Grow First, as neurons are stimulated (sensory experience), synapses grow stronger and message-receiving dendrites arborize, growing larger and heavier. Growth of synapses and dendrites provide the foundation for life long learning. Second, the long axons over which messages travel to other cells develop protective coating of myelin which make chemical transmission more efficient. (There is little myelin present at birth, and it takes twenty or thirty years to finish the process.) Immature Dendrites Mature Dendrites Synapses Myelin Sheath Axon Reed Courtney
  • 8. Myelination — It Takes Time!Myelination — It Takes Time!Myelination — It Takes Time!Myelination — It Takes Time! Myelin coatings move from lower structures and those responsible for motor programs (e.g., reaching, walking) to the highest centers for academic skills, abstract thought, and wise decision making. This process begins at birth and reaches the frontal lobes at about the age of sixteen. Until the frontal lobes become fully myelinated in young adulthood, abstract thinking is problematic for the developing child. Frontal LobesFrontal Lobes — abstract thought decision making The human brain matures from the bottom up and from the back to the front. Birth to early adulthood Chelsea Courtney
  • 10. Environmental EnrichmentEnvironmental EnrichmentEnvironmental EnrichmentEnvironmental Enrichment “With increasing amounts of environmental enrichment, we see brains that are larger and heavier, with increased dendritic branching. That means those nerve cells can communicate better with each other. With the enriched environments we also get more support cells because the nerve cells are getting bigger. Not only that, but the junction between the cells - the synapse - also increases its dimensions. These are highly significant effects of differential experience.” 47 What constitutes “environmental enrichment?” Exercising Dendrites and Synapses Chelsea Courtney
  • 11. Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses PhysicalPhysical Interaction or Visual Observation?Interaction or Visual Observation? • Dr. William Greenough — “It appears that active interaction with the environment is necessary for the animal to extract very much appropriate information. Merely making visual experience of a complex environment available to animals unable to interact with it has little behavioral effect.” 72 • “Physical play is one of the main ways in which children interact with experience,” points out Dr. Bernstein. “The most characteristic thing about the human is that we go looking for problems to solve, or in other words, playing. In fact, we usually worry about significant emotional issues in youngsters who are unable to look for problems to solve.” 80 • “Whenever touch is combined with the other senses, much more of the brain is activated, thus building more complex nerve networks and tapping into more learning potential.” Smart Moves, Carla Hannaford, pg. 41
  • 14. Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses Hemispheric BalanceHemispheric Balance • “During development, neurons in both hemispheres must compete for synaptic sites, so the type of input growing brains receive is undoubtedly important for its final hemispheric balance. Learning that builds both analytic and holistic abilities is doubtless good for the brain, but many schools, unfortunately, focus heavily on stuffing in fragments of information at the expense of more general comprehension.” 127 Chelsea Courtney “The more that both hemispheres and all lobes are activated by use, the more dendritic connections form and extend across the corpus callosum and myelinate.” Smart Moves 79
  • 16. Clovis Point and Sea Shells Huuti Scutt 5th Ben Allison 5th
  • 17. • “It may take many years— perhaps even a lifetime—for each brain’s complement of synapses to form and become strengthened by repeated use. Particularly during the early years, the ones that get used are the ones that are strengthened and will survive.” 74 • “Adults’ main task is to make a variety of stimulation available, at the same time considering carefully the choices their children are encouraged to make. Brains of youngsters who spend lots of time in front of a TV set, for example, may be expected to develop differently from those who pursue the physical, interpersonal, and cognitive challenges of active play.”74 Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses ““Use Them or Lose Them”Use Them or Lose Them” Building Dendrites & SynapsesBuilding Dendrites & Synapses ““Use Them or Lose Them”Use Them or Lose Them” Immature Dendrites Mature Dendrites Synapses Reed Courtney
  • 20. TheThe TriuneTriune BrainBrain Three Areas of the Triune Brain: • Reptilian Physical, territorial, survival • Limbic A developmental stage for becoming interested in music and color, etc. Association of feelings with physical fact leading to intellectual activity. • Higher Level Thinking Capability of doing intellectual work such as complex math and critical interpretation that involve a higher degree of thinking than before. Jud Sanders Developmental MaturationDevelopmental Maturation
  • 21. Sea of FacesSea of Faces Rosie Weagant 7th GradeRosie Weagant 7th Grade
  • 23. Roger Barnhart FeelingFeeling Limbic SystemLimbic System ThoughtThought NeocortexNeocortex Physical Activity
  • 24. Six Division Circle Jesse Sanders 7th Grade
  • 26. ( 0 - 2 ) Sensorimotor ( 2 - 7 ) Pre-operational ( 7 - 12 ) First Logical - ( 12 to adulthood) Formal Logical Operations Jean PiagetJean Piaget The TriuneThe Triune BrainBrain ActionAction FeelingFeeling ThoughtThought Jesse Sanders
  • 28. Summary of Brain ResearchSummary of Brain Research Neurons are stimulated by sensory experience (interactive vs. visual) Growth of synapses and dendrites provide the foundation for life long learning. A protective coating of myelin makes chemical transmission more efficient. Time and exercise. Myelin coatings move from lower structures — those responsible for motor programs — to the highest centers for academic skills, abstract thought, and wise decision making. Developmental priorities With increasing amounts of environmental enrichment, we see brains that are larger and heavier, with increased dendritic branching. Quantifiable measurements Merely making visual experience of a complex environment available to animals unable to interact with it has little behavioral effect. Physical activity Whenever touch is combined with the other senses, much more of the brain is activated. It’s time to bring the brain to school!
  • 29. Wynkin, Blynkin & Nod Oro Starcher 4th Grade
  • 30. EnrichmentEnrichment:: Elements of Stehekin School’s Educational Program — Building synapses, dendrites, and human relationships Integrate all educational disciplines into unified thematic units; Involve children in many practical activities calling for intense concentration while building intellectual stamina; Invite community members into school to share a wide variety of skills; Seek beauty in all school work and we do less more fully; Inspire confidence, creativity and curiosity in children; Actively engage children in listening, speaking and doing activities the entire school day; and We attempt to motivate and inspire students to become life-long learners. DrawnByCharlieBretz
  • 31. “Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.” — Albert Einstein “Without art there is no education.” - Margaret Mead