Mr. Gordon
Mr. Gordon is from this state. Bonus if you can guess both.
What is North Carolina and New York?
This is the part of the brain that controls emotion.
What is the Amygdala?
This is what flow or zone theory is.
What is being in the zone? Focused?
This was the prompt of the first conundrum.
What is a man is dead and naked in the dessert with only a burnt match, what happened?
This is the number of oceans. Bonus points if you can name them.
What is five? What are Atlantic, Artic, Indian, Southern, and Pacific?
Mr. Gordon has this many kids. Bonus if you can guess their names.
What is two? Who are Harper and Amari?
This part of the brain controls personality and impulse.
What is the PFC or Frontal Lobe?
Being in the zone is heavily associated with these two things.
What is sports and arts?
This is the prompt of the second conundrum.
What is a man comes home turns on the TV, watches for a while, goes upstairs turns on the light and jumps from his window to his death?
These are the dates of Hispanic heritage month.
What is September 15th - October 15th?
This will happen if you curse in Mr. G's class.
What is loss of points and exercise?
This part of the brain is our memory center.
What is the hippocampus?
This was the strange paradox that the video spoke of.
What is time stands still and yet flies?
This is what we practice when we solve conundrums.
What is critical thinking?
Tunisia is located in this continent.
What is Africa?
Mr. Gordon will let you leave the classroom this many times a week.
What is two?
This is the definition of negativity bias.
What is the brain remembers negatives over positives for survival.
This is how tasks feel when you are in the zone. Even when facing an extreme challenge.
What is effortless?
This was the key to solving the first conundrum.
What is the burnt match.
Inosuke is from this anime.
What is Demon Slayer?
Mr. Gordon says you start every week with this grade. List at least three ways you can loose points.
What is 100%?
What is Being Late, Sleeping, Cursing, Not working, walking out, phones or headphones, disruptive behavior (TAPPING COUNTS)
This part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the Cerebellum?
Name the five ways to get in the Zone.
What is
1. Intrinsically rewarding.
2. Clear goal and sense of progress
3. Clear and Immediate Expectations
4. Match of Challenge and Skill
5. Intense focus on the moment
This was the Key for the second conundrum
What is the man's job.
This is the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the Mitochondria?