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Try out these three instructional strategies on leveraging movement from Marcia Tate's Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. (K-12)

In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, students move their thumbs in different directions at the same time, which forces the brain to think two things at the same time. (K-12)

In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, each student moves a piece of paper around his/her waist without grabbing it. (K-12)

In this activity from Energizing Brain Breaks, one partner twists another partner's arms so that his/her brain really has to think to decide what finger to move.

This lesson from The Education Revolution is designed to help teachers introduce the concept of mental shift in a manner that increases student participation. 

Excerpted from The Education Revolution, this lesson groups brain-based learning strategies for increasing the rate of recall and retention more efficiently. 

Use this self-reflection tool from Teaching the Whole Teen by Rachel Poliner and Jeffrey Benson with your students and help them discover what gets in the way of being their best selves and how they can further develop themselves.

Tune in to this episode of the Bam! Radio Network podcast with Mike Kuczala, author of Ready, Set, Go!, and explore how to take the idea of kinesthetic learning and translate it into practical classroom strategies.

This six-step planning model from Gayle Gregory’s Differentiated Instructional Strategies helps teachers make critical decisions about differentiated instruction and assessment.

In this chapter from Brain-Based Learning, authors Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie guide teachers through the principles that will support them in sustaining their physical, emotional, and social health so that they can be the teacher they strive to be.

In this chapter from Brain-Based Learning, authors Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie discuss how each of the senses impact learning.

In this excerpt from The Poverty Problem, discover how a strange sequence of events and one individual’s
arbitrary decision shaped the nation’s thinking and behavior toward poverty.