So last week was a blur. Helping with Senior class fundraisers and the powder puff game pretty much took up all the extra time I had last week to update this blog. Because of this, I'm just going to start fresh with today's news.
AP Psych
We continued talking about memory, how do we remember, what do we remember, why do we forget sometimes, etc. The National Geographic channel is currently running a program called "Brain Games" with an entire episode devoted to the topic of memory. It has some great information on memory, check your local listings, it replays a few times over the course of the week. I'm trying to find it on youtube but can only find short clips so far. We will finish the chapter on memory by Wed and have a test on chapters 1-6 by this Thurs or Fri. Make sure students are signing up for flex to review information.
Honors Psych
We continued working through the chapter on consciousness today by discussing hypnosis, dream journals, and drug use. Students worked on and completed a presentation on a specific psychoactive drug that will be presented tomorrow. Students will have a quiz on these drugs by Thursday so they need to make sure to study the information once it is all presented. Go to http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html to see how drugs change neurochemistry in order to produce the feelings of being high.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Wed-Fri
AP
Wednesday was a pretty hectic day for my classes. Due to PSAT testing in my classroom, we were displaced and spent the day in the G wing of the school. Being that it was the day after a big test and in a different setting, we took it easy. AP was allowed to take a look at their exams and make corrections for a few points to be added back to their tests. After that, we worked on our next chapter Learning, by discussing key components of classical conditioning and experimenting with it. The students are currently conditioned to have their eyes dilate whenever a certain cellphone ring is heard. We will check again next Wed to see if it is still conditioned. Thursday, we were back in our classrooms and finished up classical conditioning and began a discussion of operant conditioning to prepare for a visitor-Mr. Kemper 14 month- Friday. We created some ideas of how to condition Mr. Kemper's son to clap his hands, pick up paper, etc. and tested them on him Friday morning. The first few groups didn't go too well due to the little boy being tired and overwhelmed, but the last groups brought fruit loops and cheese to help with the conditioning and that worked quite a bit better. While the groups were working with Mr. Kemper's son, we also were watching and analyzing the conditioning that was occurring in an episode of Nanny 911. Students were asked to identify the trouble behaviors and use their knowedge of psychology to correct these behaviors in the children. We will complete this assignment Monday along with debrief their experiences with Mr. Kemper's son.
Upcoming Assignments: Vocab chp 5 Tuesday, Test chp 5 and 6 10/26
Honors
Again, Wed was a pretty hectic day, each period was in a different classroom so students were quite thrown off by having to walk all the way to the G wing for psych. The day after the test we went back and discussed the learning stations on sensation and perception we worked through Monday. Students enjoyed the sensory deprivation goggles, discussions on the existence/non existence of aliens/sasquatch/Loch Ness monster/etc., and how artists can so completely warp our perception. After the discussion we began the next chapter which deals with consciousness. We talked about what they knew of consciousness and what they would like to learn. Thursday, we started into discussion of why we sleep, and whether we get enough sleep as a society. Next week students will discuss how much opening earlier next year will affect their performance in school. Friday, Mr. Kemper and his son stopped in to discuss their sleep habits and how they have changed as a result of being a parent. We also finished a discussion on the stages of sleep and will talk about dreams Monday.
Upcoming Assignments: Dream Journal due Monday 24th
Wednesday was a pretty hectic day for my classes. Due to PSAT testing in my classroom, we were displaced and spent the day in the G wing of the school. Being that it was the day after a big test and in a different setting, we took it easy. AP was allowed to take a look at their exams and make corrections for a few points to be added back to their tests. After that, we worked on our next chapter Learning, by discussing key components of classical conditioning and experimenting with it. The students are currently conditioned to have their eyes dilate whenever a certain cellphone ring is heard. We will check again next Wed to see if it is still conditioned. Thursday, we were back in our classrooms and finished up classical conditioning and began a discussion of operant conditioning to prepare for a visitor-Mr. Kemper 14 month- Friday. We created some ideas of how to condition Mr. Kemper's son to clap his hands, pick up paper, etc. and tested them on him Friday morning. The first few groups didn't go too well due to the little boy being tired and overwhelmed, but the last groups brought fruit loops and cheese to help with the conditioning and that worked quite a bit better. While the groups were working with Mr. Kemper's son, we also were watching and analyzing the conditioning that was occurring in an episode of Nanny 911. Students were asked to identify the trouble behaviors and use their knowedge of psychology to correct these behaviors in the children. We will complete this assignment Monday along with debrief their experiences with Mr. Kemper's son.
Upcoming Assignments: Vocab chp 5 Tuesday, Test chp 5 and 6 10/26
Honors
Again, Wed was a pretty hectic day, each period was in a different classroom so students were quite thrown off by having to walk all the way to the G wing for psych. The day after the test we went back and discussed the learning stations on sensation and perception we worked through Monday. Students enjoyed the sensory deprivation goggles, discussions on the existence/non existence of aliens/sasquatch/Loch Ness monster/etc., and how artists can so completely warp our perception. After the discussion we began the next chapter which deals with consciousness. We talked about what they knew of consciousness and what they would like to learn. Thursday, we started into discussion of why we sleep, and whether we get enough sleep as a society. Next week students will discuss how much opening earlier next year will affect their performance in school. Friday, Mr. Kemper and his son stopped in to discuss their sleep habits and how they have changed as a result of being a parent. We also finished a discussion on the stages of sleep and will talk about dreams Monday.
Upcoming Assignments: Dream Journal due Monday 24th
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday 10/10 and Tues 10/11
Both Honors and AP spent the majority of Monday working on reviewing for their tests Tuesday. Honors also spent time wrapping up sensation and perception with some learning stations that I will post later in the week.
Tuesday, both classes took a test. AP was tested on chapters 1-4 while Honors was tested on chapters 1-3. I will get these tests graded and back to students by no later than next Monday. AP will have their scantron tests back tomorrow in class to discuss where they did well and where they did poorly on the tests.
Upcoming Assignments: AP chapter 5 vocabualry will be due next Wed, and they will have a Vocab quiz that day. Honors will receive a new vocab list next week.
Tomorrow my classes will be displaced due to PSAT testing so my students should report to the following classes:
Mod 1- Mr. Goff's classroom G 267
Mod 2- Mr. Trail's classroom G 263
Mod 3- Mr. Baker's classroom G 268
Tuesday, both classes took a test. AP was tested on chapters 1-4 while Honors was tested on chapters 1-3. I will get these tests graded and back to students by no later than next Monday. AP will have their scantron tests back tomorrow in class to discuss where they did well and where they did poorly on the tests.
Upcoming Assignments: AP chapter 5 vocabualry will be due next Wed, and they will have a Vocab quiz that day. Honors will receive a new vocab list next week.
Tomorrow my classes will be displaced due to PSAT testing so my students should report to the following classes:
Mod 1- Mr. Goff's classroom G 267
Mod 2- Mr. Trail's classroom G 263
Mod 3- Mr. Baker's classroom G 268
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Last Week...Sorry
So my experiment with creating a daily blog sort of took a week off last week. My apologies. Here is a quick snapshot of what we did last week and what is coming up this week.
AP Psych
This week we talked about everything that is consciousness. We discussed sleep stages, sleep disorders, dreams, drugs, hypnosis, and meditation. Thursday we discussed the effects of drug addiction and how psychologists understand the cause of the condition. Friday we did a little experiment with hypnosis from the Harvard Hypnotic Scale. Students had a great time with it and gained a much better understanding of the conscious mind from it.
Upcoming Assignments: Test chp 1-4 Tuesday Oct 11th
Honors Psych
This week we finished the chapter on sensation and perception. Students watched several videos on methods of restoring sight and discussed what the pros and cons of such surgeries would be. Students now know all about the 7 senses-no the 6th isn't seeing dead people. Students also have an understanding of how we percieve the world around us and how 3D devices work. We will finish the chapter Monday with some learning stations on the senses and perception.
Upcoming Assignments: Test chp 1-3 Tuesday Oct 11th. Students have a study guide and can bring in a half sheet of paper with whatever notes that they want on it. Must be hand written, nothing stapled/glued/etc onto the paper.
AP Psych
This week we talked about everything that is consciousness. We discussed sleep stages, sleep disorders, dreams, drugs, hypnosis, and meditation. Thursday we discussed the effects of drug addiction and how psychologists understand the cause of the condition. Friday we did a little experiment with hypnosis from the Harvard Hypnotic Scale. Students had a great time with it and gained a much better understanding of the conscious mind from it.
Upcoming Assignments: Test chp 1-4 Tuesday Oct 11th
Honors Psych
This week we finished the chapter on sensation and perception. Students watched several videos on methods of restoring sight and discussed what the pros and cons of such surgeries would be. Students now know all about the 7 senses-no the 6th isn't seeing dead people. Students also have an understanding of how we percieve the world around us and how 3D devices work. We will finish the chapter Monday with some learning stations on the senses and perception.
Upcoming Assignments: Test chp 1-3 Tuesday Oct 11th. Students have a study guide and can bring in a half sheet of paper with whatever notes that they want on it. Must be hand written, nothing stapled/glued/etc onto the paper.
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