Amygdala
What is the amygdala? (Answer in one short sentence.)
What does the prefrontal cortex help you do? (One short idea.)
What is it helps you make choices, plan, and control impulses.
What does the brain stem control for your body? Give one example.
What is it controls basic body jobs such as breathing.
What is a coping skill? (One short sentence.)
What is a coping skill is a helpful action you can use to feel calmer or solve a problem.
Name one feeling the amygdala helps with
What is fear (also anger, excitement, or happiness).
If you want to wait your turn or finish your work before playing, which part of the brain helps you do that?
What is the prefrontal cortex.
Name two things the brain stem does automatically (you do not need to think about them).
What is Breathing and heartbeat (also digestion and swallowing).
Name one simple coping skill a student can use right away when feeling upset.
What is take deep breaths (counting breaths), count to five, or ask for a moment to think.
What is one thing your body might do when the amygdala senses danger? Give one example.
What is Fight, flight, or freeze — for example: running away, yelling, or holding very still.
Give one idea a teacher might teach to help students use their prefrontal cortex to calm down.
What is teach students to pause, count to five, or think of steps before acting.
How does the brain stem help when you are sleeping?
What is it keeps breathing and heart rate working and supports rest and recovery during sleep.
How can taking deep breaths help your brain when you feel angry or scared? (One short sentence.)
What is deep breaths slow your breathing and heart rate, which helps your body feel calmer and gives your brain time to think.
True or False: The amygdala can help you remember things that made you feel very happy or very scared.
What is TRUE — emotional events are often remembered more strongly.
True or False: The prefrontal cortex helps you make good choices even when you feel upset. Explain briefly.
What is true - it helps you think and choose better actions even when upset.
If you jump because of a loud noise, how did the brain stem help your body react? (One short sentence.)
What is the brain stem triggers quick body responses (like jumping and faster breathing) during a startle.
Give the steps of a coping skill that a student can use to calm down.
What is stop what you’re doing, take 3 deep breaths, name how you feel, then choose one calm action (like asking for help or taking a short walk).
In one or two sentences, explain how the amygdala helps keep you safe.
What is it notices danger or strong feelings and sends signals that prepare the body to act (like faster heartbeat).
Describe in a short sentence how the prefrontal cortex can help the amygdala when you are scared.
What is it can help re-evaluate the situation and calm the amygdala by using thinking and self-control.
Explain in one or two sentences how the brain stem works with the amygdala when something sudden happens.
What is the amygdala detects the sudden event and the brain stem makes fast physical changes (heart rate, breathing) so the body can respond.
In one or two sentences, explain how using a coping skill can help the prefrontal cortex and reduce the amygdala’s strong reaction.
What is using a coping skill gives the prefrontal cortex time to think and make better choices, which can lower the amygdala’s quick alarm so you feel less overwhelmed.