EMOTIONS ELEVATOR
The Brain
Wise Ways 5 & 6
Wise Ways 7 & 8
Wise Ways 9 & 10
100
The Emotions Elevator has this many floors.

What is 10?

100

If I'm being impulsive, reacting in the moment, I am using my...

What is Lizard Brain?

100

Something you KNOW to be true because you can prove it.

What is a fact?

100

This is what we say IDC stands for in BrainWise.

What is IDentify your Choices?

100

A baseball player wants to hit a homerun, a teacher wants to help her students learn, your friend wants to finish reading the Harry Potter series - These are all examples of this BrainWise term.

What is a goal?

200

A good rule to remember is to always be __________ on the Emotions Elevator than the other person.

What is lower?

200

Your 5 senses all send signals to a place near the center of your brain called the Thalamus - The Thalamus acts like a ____________ ____________ as it sorts and sends this information to other parts of the brain.

What is Relay Center?

200

We learned that this Wise Way is a good way to gather the information you need to make a choice or decision.

What is Ask Questions?

200

These are the 3 types of Consequences to consider when you're making a choice.

What are Consequences Now, Consequences Later and Consequences Affecting Others?
200

These are the 2 types of communication.

What are verbal and non-verbal?

300

Our _______ ________ is a rocket to the 10th floor of the Emotions Elevator.

What is our Lizard Brain?

300

Our hypothalamus is responsible for this response which comes in handy if you're actually in danger.

What is Flight, Fight or Freeze reaction?

300

_______________ create gossip and have no proof.

What are Opinions?
300

This is how many choices you have when you use your Lizard Brain.

What is One(1)?

300

These are examples of nonverbal communication - Provide at least 3.

What are body language, eye contact, facial expression, tone of voice, hand gestures, posture? 

400

Being __________ on the Emotions Elevator helps us to ________ & ____________.

What is LOW and STOP & THINK?

400

The Limbic System and the Prefrontal Cortex are the scientific names for these parts of the brain.

What are Lizard Brain and Wizard Brain?

400

This is who we can go to if we want to gather information and determine the facts.

What is our Constellation of Support?

400

You always have more than one choice, but need to ______ & _______ and use your ___________ ______________ to think about what those choices are.

What are:

Stop & Think

and

Wizard Brain?

400

This occurs when what you say doesn't match your body language OR when your words don't match the situation.

What is a double message?

500

We learned 4 ways to lower ourselves on the Emotions Elevator - These are 3 of those ways...

What are (1) Yackety-Yack Self-Talk Back, (2) Stop Talking and Leave, (3) Do Something Else (Distraction), and (4) Relax, Take Deep Breaths

500
As featured in this Pixar movie, the Amygdala, is where our ____________ are kept.

What are feelings/emotions?

500

These are words that we can use as clues to tell us that a statement is an opinion and not a fact.

What is:

Always/Never

All/Nothing

Everybody/Nobody?

500

A result or effect of an action or choice is the definition of this term.

What is Consequence?

500

"I feel...", "I would like...", "I am..." and "I need..." are all examples of how to start this.

What is an "I" Message?

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