Your Amazing Brain

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Your Amazing Brain

• a.k.a. How Smart are You?

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Why are some people better at things than others?

• Practice
• Brain Injury
• Learning Disability
• Culture/Upbringing
• Others?

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Creative Analytical Brain

• Your creative brain controls your creative,
  dreamy side
• Your analytical brain controls your reasoning
  and problem solving side

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Analytic vs. Creative Brains

• Analytic Brain
• Logic
• Reason
• Math
• Reading
• Language
• Looks at things in parts

• Creative Brain
• Creativity
• Imagery
• Dreams
• Emotions
• Symbols
• Looks at the whole

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One or the other?

• Most people feel they are stronger in one or the
  other.
• Which are you stronger at?
• What percent?

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Multiple Intelligences

• 9-Smart and 3-Smart

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9-Smart

• Psychologist Harold Gardner said there were 7
  different kinds of intelligences
• 2 more were added recently to make 9 ways

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9 Intelligences

• Music Smart
• You think in sound and rhythm
• Body Smart
• You are often in motion and excel in sports
• People Smart
• You understand others well and make friends
  easily
• Self Smart
• You understand yourself well and are comfortable
  with yourself

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9 Intelligences

• Picture Smart
• You think in pictures
• Word Smart
• You think in words
• Logic Smart
• You easily see connections between ideas
• Nature Smart
• You relate to nature
• Deep Smart
• You love deep, philosophical questions

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Questions

1. What smarts do you have? Are you surprised?
2. Ask your friend to look at your list and see if
   they are surprised
3. Can you guess what type of intelligences your
   teacher has? What about your parents?
4. Identify a time where your smarts have helped
   you.
5. Identify a time when your difficulty in a
   smarts area challenged you.