Developed by: Alysia DeWitt

Level: 6-8


The Brainstorm

Standards

Learning Expectations

 This activity will help students acquire competencies which relate to the following standards:
2. Improve learning and achieve challenging goals
3. Relate school to life experiences
The student will:
2.5 Analyze academic information from a variety of sources
3.3 Recognize that learning is a lifelong process

General Approach		 The general approach is that students will interact within a group environment to brainstorm learning activities on different stages of life.

Activity Steps
  1. Group students into groups of four. 
  2. Give each student a worksheet. 
  3. Instruct each group to brainstorm at least three activities per age group as identified on the worksheet. 
  4. Notify the students that they will have about fifteen minutes to complete the worksheet. 
  5. Gather students into a large group and discuss what each group has discovered. 
Lead the group in a discussion:

What kinds of activities did your group identify for the first stage?  How do you think people learn how to do those activities?

Time Required		 This activity can be accomplished in one thirty minute session: fifteen minutes to brainstorm and fifteen minutes to discuss.

Resources Needed

Performance Indicators		 Students will be able to:
Identify activities that occur across the lifespan.
Recognize how learning is continuous.