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ExerLearning: Brainy Stuff Meet the cast of characters

Here’s the pump – what’s his name and what does he do?

Here’s the messenger – have you ever heard of a Neuron?

Here’s the character that “rules in school” – Do you know him?

Starring: Ordinary Kids Brian and Brianna – Kids with Brains

Learning Can Be Fun Brian and Brianna fill their brains at school But – here is a tough question….

Brian and Brianna fill their brains at school

But – here is a tough question….

How Do Brian and Brianna Learn?

How Do We Learn? We bring more than just a brain to school – and to all of life

We all bring a whole body to school– A Brain and MORE

We bring a whole body – and a HEART ready to help us LEARN How can a heart help Brian and Brianna learn?

How can a heart help Brian and Brianna learn?

Healthy Heart – The brain’s BFF How did they become such great friends?

How did they become such great friends?

The helps the Brain Active Exercise – gets the heart pumping- That increases blood flow to the brain It also increases brain chemicals like NEUROTRANSMITTERS

Active Exercise – gets the heart pumping-

That increases blood flow to the brain

It also increases brain chemicals like NEUROTRANSMITTERS

This is a good time to do the “Active Me Activity”

Jump up and down – right now

What part of your body is pushing your breath in and out right now? LUNGS!

Feel your chest. What is pumping very hard? Your Heart

The heart pumps blood to your lungs and all over your body -

Even to your head where your BRAIN can use it

Your brain NEEDS the OXYGEN that the blood delivers

Your brain USES 20% of all the OXYGEN that the blood delivers to your body

The more your exercise -

The more blood your heart pumps all over your body – and to your BRAIN -

Your brain USES 20% of all the OXYGEN that the HEART delivers to your body in the BLOOD OXYGEN

Your brain USES BLOOD to get all sorts of great things accomplished!

Like building more NEURONS

Huh? What’s a NEUROTRANSMITTER? Nancy the Neuron gobbles up oxygen and creates a NEUROTRANSMITTER A NEUROTRANSMITTER is like the fastest Internet connection

Nancy the Neuron gobbles up oxygen and creates a NEUROTRANSMITTER

A NEUROTRANSMITTER is like the fastest Internet connection

Neurotransmitters from the NEURON move information around the brain, from nerve cell to nerve cell Exercise – getting the heart pumping- increases how many neurotransmitters our BRAIN has

Neurotransmitters from the NEURON move information around the brain, from nerve cell to nerve cell

Exercise – getting the heart pumping- increases how many neurotransmitters our BRAIN has

More NEUROTRANSMITTERs- Now What?

More NEUROTRANSMITTERs- Now What? The benefits come when you finish your great exercise Blood flow shifts to the “learning” side of the brain The brain gets full of neurotransmitters that get us really READY to learn

The benefits come when you finish your great exercise

Blood flow shifts to the “learning” side of the brain

The brain gets full of neurotransmitters that get us really READY to learn

Hippos and Brains Hey – Who’s this big brown guy? Memory Trick

Hey – Who’s this big brown guy?

It’s a HIPPO Wonder what part of the BRAIN that is? Memory Trick

Wonder what part of the BRAIN that is?

Memory Trick School – the place you learn … It is called a campus

School – the place you learn …

It is called a campus

Put those images together Hippo and campus

Hippo and campus

It’s a HIPPOCAMPUS Now you know what part of the BRAIN that is- Memory Trick

Now you know what part of the BRAIN that is-

Hippos and Brains Workouts and exergames build better connections between brain cells See that HIPPO Footgaming with energy!!! What part of her brain is she helping?

Workouts and exergames build better connections between brain cells

See that HIPPO Footgaming with energy!!!

Hippos and Brains Heart-hopping PLAY can increase good learning cells in your hippocampus Exercise BEFORE You Need to Learn

Heart-hopping PLAY can increase good learning cells in your hippocampus

Hippos and Brains The hippocampus is the region of the brain involved in learning and memory. Memory Trick

The hippocampus is the region of the brain involved in learning and memory.

Feeding Our Brain: A Fact We get hungry We want FOOD Our brain gets hungry Our brain wants BDNF

We get hungry

We want FOOD

Feeding Your Brain Remember this one: Your BRAIN is hungry for BDNF. B DNF

Remember this one: Your BRAIN is hungry for BDNF.

Another Memory Trick To grow really big and strong, plants need fertilizer – like Miracle Gro

To grow really big and strong, plants need fertilizer – like Miracle Gro

Feeding Brains: Not a Plant B rains D on’t N eed F ertilizer They need BDNF Memory Trick

B rains D on’t N eed F ertilizer

They need BDNF

Miracle Gro for the Brain? Active exercise and play helps your brain make “ B rain- D erived N eurotrophic F actor” That is BDNF - a protein that ACTS LIKE Miracle-Gro for YOUR brain.

Active exercise and play helps your brain make

“ B rain- D erived N eurotrophic F actor”

That is BDNF - a protein that ACTS LIKE Miracle-Gro for YOUR brain.

How Can We Make BDNF for Our Brain?

How Do Brian and Brianna Learn? What do they need to bring to school – and use – besides a brain?

What do they need to bring to school – and use – besides a brain?

How Do Brian and Brianna Learn? Why is the heart the brain’s best friend?

Why is the heart the brain’s best friend?

What do you think the definition of ExerLearning might be?

Exer Learning …. And FootGaming would like to thank Dr. John Ratey for his research. We learned a lot of this from his book, SPARK http://exerlearning.blogspot.com/ It’s a “must read’ for teachers and parents, available at amazon.com

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