The Teenage Brain

Yesterday in our English lesson slot, we all went to a presentation by Nathan Mikaere-Wallis on the teenage brain.

1. Create a google doc called “The Teenage Brain”
2. Write everything you can remember about the presentation.
3. This link has an interview with Nathan about the same topic and some information on the key ideas below the interview.  Please either listen to the interview or read the information below (or both if you wish).
4. What did you find convincing about Nathan’s presentation?  Give specific examples as much as possible.
5. What unanswered questions do you have on the topic?
6. Design/create a poster which present Nathan’s ideas to teenagers.  Think about what the research says, and what you need to include to help teenagers read and think about the information on the poster.

Researching conflict in New Zealand history

Last week we watched part of two films on the 1981 Spring Bok tour.

Do now: Write down everything you can remember about the tour and the issues around it.  In your English folder, make a doc called "Reading skills" and then put today's date and the heading "The 1981 Spring Bok Tour in New Zealand"

Our learning goal is to gather our information from last week, to put it into words and to identify the next lot of information that we need to answer our big question:

What happened in the Hamilton game and why was it important?