Psychology Brain Myth Busters: 8 Engaging Activities (Distance Learning)

Looking for engaging activities to bring more life to a psychology or human anatomy unit/course on the human brain? This Myth Busters human brain activity has been designed for that very purpose. This package comes with a shareable/editable Google Doc analysis where students explore and debunk myths on the following topics of the human brain:

1. Right Brain vs. Left Brain Myth (w/ activity and clips)

2. Phineas Gage Case Study (w/ clips)

3. Phrenology (w/ article)

4. Lobotomies (w/ activity and clip)

5. 10 Percent Brain Usage Myth (w/ article)

6. Multi-tasking and the Human Brain (activity, podcasts, and Word Doc article included)

7. Einstein's Brain (w/ clip)

8. Sorry Waterboy, Medulla Oblongata is not the cause of abnormal aggression!

-3 Theories of Human Aggression with Charles Whitman case study (w/ article)

This package contains the following:

-Editable/shareable Google Doc (word version also included)

-Teacher directions and links to ALL RESOURCES needed (no prep required!)

-PowerPoint slides with directions and visuals for each myth (28 total slides)

These activities can be completed all together or can be embedded as 8 separate activities to increase engagement in a human brain unit.

2020 Update - This MythBuster Lesson worked great as a Distance Learning Activity with my Psychology class.

If you enjoy this lesson, check out some of my other favorite Psychology activities:

-Sensation & Perception Brain Game Activities

-Sleep Stages Simulation

-Psychology's Seven Modern Perspectives

-Face Blindness Brain Game - Sensation/Perception

-Altered States of Consciousness Jigsaw Activity

-Sensory Deprivation Case Study

-Brain Scan Imaging Lesson

-Classical Conditioning in Advertising Gallery Walk