Brain Science

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The foods that can improve brain function and the theme of nutrition and cognitive function. Students learn vocabulary related to nutrition and cognitive function, discuss quotations about food, talk about nutrition and cognitive function, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How a Vegan Diet Affects Your Brain and the themes of veganism and how a vegan diet affects the brain. Students learn vocabulary related to nutrition, health and veganism, talk about veganism and how a vegan diet affects the brain, discuss quotations about veganism, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Lesson Summary:This ESL video lesson plan is built around the short video How Reading Changes the Way Your Brain Works and explores the themes of reading and how reading changes the brain. Designed for Advanced to Proficient learners, the lesson combines video viewing, discussion, quotation analysis, critical thinking tasks, roleplay and an extended reading text […]

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How stories shape our minds | The science of storytelling and the themes of storytelling and how storytelling impacts our minds and behaviour. Students learn vocabulary related to storytelling and psychology, talk about storytelling, discuss quotations about storytelling, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss quotes from a short video, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled The Science of Stress: How Does Stress Affect Our Brains and Bodies? and the themes of stress and neuroscience. Students learn vocabulary related to stress and neuroscience, discuss quotations about stress, talk about stress, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article titled How Stress Reshapes the Brain—and How to Rebuild It, answer comprehension questions, discuss topics raised in an article, write about what they have learned from reading an article, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

This complete ESL video lesson plan explores the themes of wanderlust, adventure, and risk-taking at C1–C2 level. Learners expand vocabulary related to travel, psychology, and risk, engage with a short video and article, practise discussion, comprehension, writing, and roleplay. A ready-to-use resource for advanced classrooms.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why being bilingual is good for your brain and the theme of being bilingual. Students learn vocabulary related to bilingualism, talk about bilingualism, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Why do people lie and how often are you lied to? and the theme of truth and lies. Students learn vocabulary related to truth and lies, talk about truth and lies, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write a composition and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Will humans keep getting smarter? and the themes of intelligence and the future of intelligence. Students learn vocabulary related to intelligence and the future of intelligence, discuss quotations about intelligence, talk about intelligence and the future of intelligence, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.