The Brain & Memory
Time Management Strategies & Goal Frameworks
Note-Taking Strategies
Test Taking Strategies
Mental Health Potpourri
100

The brain, the spinal cord & neurons are part of this bodily system.

What is the nervous system?

100

According to Marie Kondo, when organizing your home, you keep items that make you feel this.

What is a spark of joy?

100

In between typing notes on a computer or writing things out by hands, this helps you retain factual information by an additional 30%.

What is writing by hand? 

100

This is the ability to be able to problem solve challenges as they occur in real life.

What is resiliency? 

100

True or False: Mental health exists on a spectrum. 

What is true?

200

Although the brain stores memory in multiple places, depending on what memory it is, this is considered the overall region of the brain where memories are processed.

What is the temporal lobe?

200

State the 5 criteria of a SMART Goal.

What is...

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound?

200

This behaviour is one of the worst things to do on a test, as it does not represent any knowledge that you learned when it comes to a question.

What is leaving an answer blank?

200

This is the name of the skill when you take responsibility for your own learning & clarification, and ask the teacher for constructive feedback and extra support.

What is advocating?

200

Keerit is working toward getting stronger history marks. She has not met her goal yet, but she refuses to believe that this is all that she is capable of. This is an example of...

What is a growth mindset?

300

State the 3 steps involved in memory processing. 

What are...

1. Encoding

2. Storage

3. Retrieval

300

This time management strategy requires a rest; this means completely stopping work and doing something else.

What is taking a break?

300

Passive learning is not recommended as it does not help reinforce neural pathways. State 3 examples of passive learning. 

What are...

1. Highlighting Text

2. Typing notes on a CPU

3. Only listening to a presentation & not asking questions

300

If given a question with a diagram on it, be prepared to answer questions about two of the following ideas.

What is...

1. Names of missing labels

2. Functions of labelled OR non-labelled pieces

300

This is the ratio of individuals who will be diagnosed with anxiety in their lifetime.

What is 1 in 4 OR 25%

400

Ibrahim is studying for a geology test. To remember geological eras, he uses the phrase "Please Pay My Children" (P = Paleozoic, M = Mesozoic, C = Cenozoic, preceded by Precambrian); an example of this memory strategy.

What are mnemonics?

400

Sara is a manager at a marketing company who wants to measure revenue for a product. This is the best goal framework that she should use?

What is Management by Objectives (MBO)?

400

This note-taking strategy includes creating a visual of how multiple concepts are related to each other.

What is a mind map OR flow chart?

400

When filling out multiple choice, your teacher provides you with a card to colour in multiple choice answers with a pencil. This is the name of the card.

What is a Scantron?

400

State 5 examples of resources you can talk to if you require mental health support.

Who are...

Friends, family, teachers, school administrators, guidance counsellors, Child & Youth Workers, your healthcare team, specific community resources.

500

These are the chemicals that go through your body to relay important signals and regulate body processes such as temperature, growth and development.

What are hormones?

500

Kaveri has multiple school assignments due on different due dates. She completes them with the same level of urgency and devotes equal time to each assignment daily. This solution will help her avoid this common time management error. 

What is prioritizing & scheduling events?

500

The left-hand column for Cornell notes is dedicated to these two purposes.

What are relevant questions & keywords?

500

Instead of passively highlighting text, ASAPScience suggests using this study tool.

What are flash cards?

500

State 4 protective factors regarding supporting mental wellness.

What are...

Supportive family & other social systems, access to community resources, spirituality and/or religion, higher education*, healthy eating patterns