Science Discovery Activities
Annually we have contributed contribute to the Science Discovery Day in March with the usual engaging, amazing contribution from our third year students and undoubtedly an equally enthusiastic general public. We have contributed to this event for over twenty years and it is such a valuable opportunity for both our students and the recipients of their knowledge (and fun!). We have recently set up a group of students for Psychology And Neuroscience Delivering Activity-based Science (yep, PANDAS) to help us with our outreach programmes.
A range of free AQA level resources from OUP are here including Psychology
Here is a St. Andrews collaboration – Lessons on Animal Minds for 8-12 year olds What kind of Mind?
Some downloadable activities (PDFs) for teachers and homeschoolers – Lesson plans, Powerpoints and background materials (7-12 year olds)
Colour Constancy Lesson Plan Background PowerPoint
Pareidolias Lesson Plan Background PowerPoint
Memory Palace Lesson Plan Background PowerPoint
Kim’s Game (Memory) Lesson Plan PowerPoint
Face Perception Lesson Plan Background PowerPoint
Eyewitness Testimony (1) Lesson Plan PowerPoint
Eyewitness Testimony (2) Lesson Plan Background
Making sense of our senses Lesson Plan PowerPoint
Confusing our senses and synaesthesia -for 6 to 11 year olds
False Memories – how can our memories be inaccurate – for 8 to 12 year olds
Inattentional blindness -Memory Palace for all ages
Memory Palace – how to improve your memory – for 8 to 14 year olds
Mirror Neurons and a discussion of Autism – for 11 to 16 year olds
Navigation Cells – how we get around in our world – for 5 to 11 year olds
The Peanut Challenge – chimpanzees can do it can you? – for 5 to 8 year olds
The Ultimatum Game – do we cooperate? – 4 to 11 year olds