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Online gaming is becoming massively popular as the internet keeps growing. Girls and boys of all generations are surfing the web for everything nowadays using search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing, from searching for favorite cooking recipes to streaming the latest cute kitty and baby videos gone viral. Television game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud on Game Show Network invite viewers to play along at home by logging on to their websites and getting special codes. Although back in the day PC and Mac video games like The Sims were all the rage and some are still available for purchase today, people have more recently taken to joining the online gaming community to participate in fantasy multiplayer role playing games (rpg) and battle a dragon in games like World of Warcraft and going on a medieval quest in RuneScape, where there's no telling what monster you might run in to next.
Gathering Together to Play and Watch Games has Changed
Back before the internet, way back before the computer, families and friends used to get together and play games in person to pass the time. This helped young children learn to socialize, building friendships and family interaction. Families used to unite for game nights filled with fun activities like putting together a jigsaw puzzle or arrange Dominoes for one chain reaction. Board games like Candyland, Scrabble, Chinese Checkers, and especially Bingo were popular. as well as all sorts of card games like solitaire among the adult generations. Now the net has adopted these card games, so you can play them without even leaving your house. Bridge, Texas Holdem, Freecell, spoons. Vegas is just a click away, the Slotomania capital of the country. Take a trip to the casinos for a tight games of Poker in just seconds. The ultimate classic board game, Chess, is even available online. Though you may be down to your last pawn, you can still use knights and your queen to take over the board and keep your king safe all with mere clicks of a mouse or tap of a screen for free.
Other card games like Phase 10 and Uno are still popular today. People play free online Spider Solitaire all the time, too. Playing card games is a great way to keep your memory in check, especially when you're playing Go Fish or Rummy.
Once upon a time, kids used to go to one another's houses to make Mario and Luigi jump and bounce around on their television screens when Nintendo finally came to be. That's practically unheard of anymore. Now kids of all ages can find entertainment with Mario and Luigi and each other just by going online. The Super Mario Bros games have come a long way over the years. Today's technology allows us to visually and verbally communicate with other people within seconds, no matter how far apart we may be. Young adults even use the XBox to play team games like Call of Duty Black Ops and Blackout, fighting with or against each other, thanks to many gaming systems' online capabilities.
Online communication has improved the chances of couples' long-distance relationships succeeding, has made it possible for a daddy to say good-night to his little girl when he's away on a business trip and she and her mommy are back home; and all these people have the ability to interact and play free online games with each other.
Computer Games at School
Teachers are now pushing children and adolescents to go online for homework assignments after school. Even during class, students are encouraged to play computer games, some online, to improve their skills in subjects like math, spelling, and physics. This ever-expanding form of Education is catching on and is required at schools throughout the world, an empire of online invasion.
Word scrambles and crossword puzzles can both be found for free online and help students improve their spelling and vocabulary. In middle school and high school, teachers test the knowledge of guys and gals on recently completed reading assignments. Elementary school students participate in math trivia on the computer. Kindergarten classes are beginning to adopt computer game learning strategies, too. There are even free online games for preschoolers to learn new things before heading off to primary school. Educational games are available to assist in the learning process for students in any grade to improve their typing, problem-solving, and strategy skills.
Even in preschool, toddlers can practice their ABC's with the help of computer games. Being able to learn the alphabet and the English language is becoming easier with the use of computers and educational media.
Games Inspired by Highly Rated Television Series and Movies
Game designers have designed many addicting online games inspired by today's popular TV shows and movies. Nick Jr.'s website has free online games based off shows like Dora the Explorer and Lalaloopsy and other preschool-friendly games, and Nickelodeon's website has games featuring the always-popular Spongebob Squarepants. Whether they're following a map, catching jellyfish, or just wandering from one place to the next, young kids are sure to have fun playing free online games.
Game of Thrones is a popular mini series on HBO, and if you're a bookworm, you probably already know that each episode of the mini series is based on the books; and I'm sure if you resorted to Google, the search engine is sure to lead you to games relevant to the series. The same goes with the Hunger Games series. The Hunger Games movie and its sequel Catching Fire heated the box office for months.
The Walking Dead is another series that is captivating many viewers and gamers, gathering a massive following that continues to grow. In part because of the episodes of this television show, the zombie obsession of today's culture is at its peak. Plants vs. Zombies has become a very trendy game over the past few years among teenagers and adults alike. Plant flower pots and special seeds that attack oncoming zombies and prevent them from damaging your garden. It's a battle of survival against the undead. The movie Zombieland has also contributed to the thirst kids and young adults have to watch the intense action of a zombie apocalypse against humanity where humans of every age try to escape from the wrath of zombies. The popular Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are games for a variety of consoles on which people can connect to the internet to join one another in the battle to escape blood thirsty zombies. Many online gaming sites also contain a number of zombie games that aren't hard to find.
Mortal Kombat is another action game where players are battling to win each round. It was released as a video game franchise in 1992. It made its first film debut in 1995. If you like horror games, check out the new Slender Man game.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a popular title today, as well, also based on a book series and has inspired a few online games itself. Some other media titles that have a large following and have influenced game designers across the world include Power Rangers, Legends of the Hidden Temple (where players must compete in a maze and reach the finish line without getting caught), Klondike, the anime series Beyblade (adapted from the manga illustrated novels), Naruto (another Japanese manga series), Dragonball Z, Pokemon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), and Yugioh. The Twilight saga has also increased today's society's interest in vampires, so many more vampire games can be found online now. Also, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse series on the Disney Channel has kids swarming to the computer to play interactive games with Mickey and his friends, and everyone's favorite childhood education television series Sesame St. and the beloved Elmo are now online for toddlers and other young ones.
Trading cards have also been created based on Pokemon, Dragonball Z, and Yugioh.
Online Sports Games
Most modern gaming consoles are capable of connecting to the internet, so people are able to play all sorts of games together, even sports, while staying comfortable in their own homes. Playing on HD televisions seriously enhances your gaming experience, as well. However, old school consoles like the Sega Genesis are not online-compatible. If you have the means, participate in an exciting game of baseball to gear up for preseason training for an MLB team, a beloved American pastime, and play as your favorite team player on the league. Pitch curve balls, whack the ball out of the park (Hope the umpire doesn't declare you out), race from base to base to score home runs and win against the opposing team. Or you can be a part of the NBA and put your basketball skills to work, shooting basket after basket, passing the ball to your teammates across the floor. If baseball and basketball are not your thing, there's always football (go, Ohio State!). This season, join the online NFL to make a playoff game and then win your own big Superbowl game. Playing online sports games is so much better than if you were to stream live sports coverage. Who wants to watch college basketball or football if you can actually be a part of the game in your own room? Streaming a real game may slow your internet connection, and you'll pay a pretty high price if you were to watch from the stands. event ticket prices and parking can be expensive. Even if you were to avoid traffic by riding the train to the city, it won't be cheap. Golf is also a sport you can play online to avoid high expenses. And if you don't like being in the game, some games allow you to fill a coaching position instead.
If you like to hunt, there are plenty of free sporty hunting games available to play online, too. Practice your virtual target shooting. Take down elk or whitetail deer with guns or bow, see who can get the biggest buck in the woods or go duck hunting online. Even go wild turkey hunting in the woods. Pick a game where you can travel through the jungle to take down a bear or a tiger or any other jungle animal. Don't like to hunt? That's fine. Go fishing online and become a pro fisher! Or if golfing is more your fancy, putt your golf ball across the green online for free in your own PGA golf tournament. Free online bowling and soccer games exist, as well.
Barbie Doll Fashion Activities
Barbie has come a long way since her creation into the world of child play things in 1959. She's experienced many a makeover to keep up with the Joneses, so to speak, melting the hearts of little girls around the world with her delicate frame and flawless, plastic-coated skin. Since the early 1960s, girls have been playing dress up with their Barbie dolls, but now young girls everywhere can do so much more. Barbie now has an entire collection of movies available for purchase, and in turn, tons of online computer games have been created to enhance young girls' experiences with the doll that forever changed the world of child play things. There is a Barbie doll for nearly every theme imaginable. The veterinarian Barbie takes care of nearly any pet, from a dog and cats to horses. Waitress Barbie can run from table to miniature table at her make pretend restaurant, collecting imaginary money in tips. What better way to attract a young girl to the world wide web than to add a childhood favorite toy to the world of virtual games? Dolls are becoming more rare as the years progress, many retiring as collectible toys. Barbie has her own collection of cartoon movies, too. If Barbie thought the actual Ken doll was a stud, boy was she surprised to see his online physique! They'll be kissing on their second date.
Playing Dress Up
For decades, playing dress up has nearly always made young girls happy. Hand-me-down dresses that have been out of style for years, shoes that are too big for their tiny little feet, their faces decorated with their mama's makeup. Carting baby dolls around from room to room. the simple pleasures of being young. The child's imagination is a fascinating realm in an of itself. Some little girls love hosting their own tea parties, bringing stuffed animals and Barbie dolls to the table, using fingernail polish to paint their tiny nails, starting their own hair salons. such grand gestures of creativity. Now, however, things are changing. Now instead of pretending to be a Disney Princess on the run, they're logging on to the computer to go jumping around in cyber worlds where they can control their favorite princess right before their eyes. Even Polly Pocket is joining the ever-growing online world.
Ever wonder what it would be like to create your own world? The Sims computer game allows you to do just that. The Sims 2 and Sims 3 are much better quality and you have many more options when creating your Sim a world of its own. You choose what they wear, dressing them like a sophisticated businessman or barefoot and pregnant. Build a hotel and houses. Give them a public swimming pool. You could play God and instruct them on how to live, or you can sit back and let them interact with one another completely on their own. The main difference of previous editions of the game (The Sims) are that they are less complex, but with the Sims 3, you can watch your characters go through the phases of pregnancy, watch the babies grow into their teenage years, a terrible phase many caring parents are all too familiar with, even have them cook meals. If you're really good with technology, you may even be able to get the game's resolution from 2D to 3D. If a relationship goes wrong, your Sim may seek revenge on another, throwing logic completely out the window. See that they're headed in the right direction, or watch them fall from grace. Give them a tattoo. Get your Sim a job. apply for a firefighter position to place your character outside of his safety zone. If you're in to management games, check out Tycoon and other cool flash games online.
You can even use an online photo simulator to create a cartoon version of yourself for some massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG games) or online dating sites to practically clone yourself
Now instead of pretending to watch plants grow, kids can witness their own free online virtual gardens to raise crops and flowers and other unique plants sprout right on the computer screen. If you like farming, you should enjoy having your own personal online farm. Keep track of your horses and be sure to clean the stables for each horse. Go for a scavenger hunt to find crops that are ready for harvesting.
In an Online Game Room
Specific websites offer special online game rooms with seemingly countless free games. The website www. msn. com has a game room filled with all sorts of games, from a list of puzzle and strategic games to action packed adventure games. Some of the games included are Text Twist, Mahjong, and Collapse. In order to submit your high sore in an online game room, registration to the website is usually required. After you register and create an account, you can log in and find the link to the game you're looking for and start playing. Once you've played a game, there's no limit to how many times you can replay the game. Almost every online game room keeps track of how many times you replay the game, whether it's 12 times or over 100 times, the website will count and record the number of times you play.
It's no secret that Bejeweled Blitz is one of the top most popular online puzzle games. Not only is it in MSN's game room, but there are Bejeweled Blitz apps for the Android and iPhone. It's even on Facebook. Bejeweled Blitz is a matching game, and the object of the game is to make as many jewel matches as possible in one minute. You do this when you match at least three of the same color jewel, whether it be a red ruby cluster, a bunch of emerald jewels, white diamonds, or other available jewels. In Candy Crush Saga, you're matching candies. Facebook, one of the best ranking social media sites ever to enter the online world, is loaded with tons of free online game apps. One of the biggest rages ever to hit online gaming is Candy Crush, very similar to Bejeweled Blitz but for the fact that Candy Crush Saga contains levels that get harder as you progress across the board. Bejeweled Blitz has no varying level of difficulty but you can purchase any available power up with the coins you've earned from completing each game. In Candy Crush, you're limited to five lives, but the number of times you can play Bejeweled Blitz is unlimited. Another recent favorite is Words with Friends, a word puzzle very similar to Scrabble only with different tile values and a different board layout. It's a strategic word scramble sort of game, where you rearrange your tiles to create words to place on the board, your limits of course being the dictionary and space alloted on the board for each word. Sudoku has gained popularity over the past few years, too. Games that force the mind to think are the best online games you can play.
Angry Birds has recently been decreasing in popularity, but that's not to say it's over. There is now a Star Wars version of the game, where each type of bird is dressed up as character from the Star Wars saga. The birds go to war against the evil pigs, destroying everything in their path. There is also a LEGO Star Wars game compatible for the computer and a variety of gaming consoles.
Head to the casino section of an online game room to hit the slots. Some people really do invest money in each online slot machine, but do be careful. Slot machines can be very scary. You could win some mega cash prizes or go completely bankrupt. It's very easy to get sucked in to online gambling.
A Christmas favorite is an activity where you can virtually kick Santa Claus with a reindeer. Just how far can you make him fly? Or picture yourself a pirate battling for treasure, a spy on the run, or a great detective in the next online mystery game! Act as a bouncing dinosaur, jumping over obstacles in an endless race against time. Look out for Sonic the Hedgehog online games, too. Comic book characters like Spiderman and Batman are also in online games. Sometimes you may even encounter games based on celebrity figures. Take free online quizzes to find out if you're the next Nicki Minaj or if your celeb soul mate is Justin Bieber. Choose your dream wedding. Quizzes don't typically require skill, just specific answers to multiple choice questions. There are also tons of political polls and quizzes scattered throughout the net. Some online game rooms also have old school arcade games like Pong and Pacman, favorites of today's older generations. Who needs to go to the local arcade when you can play skeet ball online? Note that many games in an online game room are single player only. Online game rooms are great places to go when you don't want to download the full version of a game to play offline, like Text Twist. Game rooms often refer to the downloaded games as Deluxe versions and the online game is just a demo. Downloading games takes forever, and downloads take up space on your computer, so playing free online games is a great way to save time and space. Transform into the ultimate master of online gaming when you nail all the games in the game room. Once you're in, there's no hope of escaping.
Racing Games
Like NASCAR? Or do you just like racing? Either way, you're in luck. The internet is full of competitive racing games to occupy you for hours on end. It's a race lover's dream come true. Gaming websites welcome you with open arms and a wide variety of driving games. Many feature race cars, dirt bikes, motorcycles, even police chases. Skateboarding fans and BMX lovers will fit in just fine here, too. If you're a Grand Theft Auto fan, there are many free online games that can cure your longing for that edgy racing game. They may not be anything like the latest edition of GTA, but you'll fix that need for speed almost instantly. There's no doubt that if you replay these racing games and practice your hardest, you'll be the next Lightning McQueen in no time!
It's common knowledge in today's society that sex sells. That's why gaming companies that create games like Grand Theft Auto (first released in October 1997, of which now there are 11 versions) get paid to spend so much time customizing secondary female characters who are implied to work the prostitution and porn industry. They run the drivers off the road, crashing to a halt, as they stroll the street corners looking for what they imply will be a good time. And because of the secondary female characters, these games need to be rated at a more mature level, specifically for 18-year-olds and older. Race away from the police academy and escape jail and the government, drive your way to freedom. Legal management is no matter when it's just you and an online racing game.
Many racing games display buildings that tower over the streets, especially when drag racing, which can be really distracting when you're trying to stay on the road in front of you. Sometimes when the scenery is incredibly detailed or keeps changing, it can throw the driver off, making your eyes drift and you lose control of the car or truck. Other times when you're racing a dirt bike, go-kart, or motorcycle, the obstacles on the dirt roads can be distracting. Hitting too many obstacles is sure to put you in last place. However, many games contain objects that will give you an extra point or two or even bonuses. It's important to realize, however, that these games are just games. If you were to attempt such stunts in real life, you'd risk the need of a surgeon performing some sort of surgery so some part of your body.
Racing games don't just include vehicles that travel on the ground. Some online game rooms have games in which you can be a pilot, flying your airplane to see if you can reach your destination in time. But don't crash, because then you're stuck replaying the game (again). It's an addictive process. Try to direct a successful flight the first time around. If you fly well enough, you might just get to play a bonus round.
Online Shooter Games
Call of Duty is a particularly popular military first (1st) person shooter (fps) game. Avoid starting another civil war, and just plow through the fields. Be a silent and sneaky sniper about to shoot out an entire fleet. Use an automatic firearm and unload endless rounds on your enemies while trying to stay out of sight. You're a killing machine, fighting along side your friends online as you fight for your country and fight for survival. You can do some major damage as a part of an online army, a band of brothers always watching one another's backs.
Free Games on Forms of Advanced Technology
With each passing year, companies are designing and searching for ways to improve ways we communicate and what we can do with technology. Online game apps are all the rage on the latest Android phone and iPhone, as well as on the iPad and tablets. And it's not just telecommunication. Nearly all of the revolutionary eReader companies are now creating eReaders with gaming capabilities. There are at least three types of the Kindle released now, including the Kindle Fire, offered by Amazon online. Many online game apps are now compatible for Nooks, as well. The eReader is no longer just for reading books, and your mobile phone is no longer just to make phone calls. They are technologies capable of providing you with multiple forms of entertainment.
Online Gaming Websites
It's impossible not to find a gaming website anymore. For example, sites like www. agame. com and www. slingo. com and even www. gamesgames. com have multiple game rooms you can browse for fast game fixes. You can also go to www. friv. com and www. pbs. org for free fun crafts and games. If you're bored with an hour wait for the season finale of your favorite television show, head right over to a free game site like PopCap Games to kill some time. They're easy to spot, no experience needed. Beginners welcome.
Neuroscience For Kids
Memory Experiments
Here are some experiments and games to test your memory. Also, don't forget that there are some memory tricks and techniques at the end of this section!
On-line Short Term Memory Games
Grades K-12
Think you have a good memory? Then take this little Short Term Memory Test. Also, test your memory for pictures with this Short Term Memory Picture Game
On-line "Simon Says" Memory Games
Face Memory Test
Grades K-12
How good is your memory for faces? Find out with the Face Memory Test.
There are two versions of the test:
Now You See It, Now You Don't
Grades K-6
Let's test short term memory . Get a tray or a large plate. (The kind of trays from the cafeteria work well). Put 10 to 20 objects on the tray, then cover them with a towel or cloth. Tell your subjects that you have a number of objects on the tray and that you want them to remember as many items as possible. Also tell them that they will have only one minute to view them. Then take off the cover from the tray and start timing one minute. After one minute, cover up the tray. Have your subjects write down all the items that they can remember. Could they remember all of the items? Are there any items that were forgotten by all the subjects? Teach your subjects some of the memory techniques (see below) and repeat the experiment.
Materials:
Tray or plate
10-20 small items (like an eraser, pencil, coin, marble, etc.)
Cloth or towel to cover the tray
Paper and pencils for your subjects to write down what they remember
What's Missing
Grades K-6
This experiment is a variation of the previous experiment to test short term memory. Get your tray and items and cloth ready again. This time have you subjects view the items for 1 minute. Then cover the tray again. Without the subjects seeing, REMOVE 1 item from the tray. Show the tray and remaining items to your subjects again. Ask them, "What is missing?". Can they guess what you removed?
Try it again giving the subjects more time to view all the items.
Try it with less time.
Try it with more objects on the tray.
Try it with fewer objects, but have your subject identify the missing object feeling the remaining objects without seeing them.
Try it again, but this time remove 3-4 objects.
Materials:
Tray or plate
10-20 small items (like an eraser, pencil, coin, marble, etc.)
Cloth or towel to cover the tray
Who's Missing
Grades K-6
Think you know your classmates? Let's see how good your memory for them really is. Have one student leave the room. While this student is out of the room, have another student hide. Then bring the first student back into the room. Can this student name the student who is missing?
Materials:
Classroom Mix-up
Grades K-6
This game is a bit like "Who's Missing". This time a few students or the whole class can test their memory at the same time. Tell everyone to take a good look around the classroom. Ask them to remember where objects are located in the room. Then send a few students out of the room while you change the location of various objects in the class. You could also do this while the students are at recess or lunch. When the students come back into the classroom, ask them to write down all of the things that have changed. Make sure you keep a list of all the things that you have changed!
Everyday Memory
Grades 3-12
Go to the Exploratorium to see if you remember what this common everyday object really looks like. What can it be? What can it be?
This experiment is based on a study by Nickerson, R. S. and Adams, M. J. titled "Long-term memory for a common object," Cognitive Psychology . 11:297-307, 1979.
Eyewitness Game
Grades 3-12
Have you ever been an eyewitness to a crime? Is your memory of the crime the same as other people's recollection? Here is a way to explore eyewitness memory. Plan to have someone (a teacher or a student) come into your class. Let's call this person, "X". X should plan on doing several things in class such as:
Change the time on the clock
Take a book and put it in a bag
Erase the chalkboard
Close a window
Talk to someone
Before X comes into the room, have all of the students working or reading at their desks. When X comes into the room, most of the students will be curious about what he or she is doing. After X leaves the room, have the students write down all the things that happened. (You can do this immediately after X leaves or sometime later). Once everyone has finished writing, find out what everyone remembers and what they did not.
What details do they recall? What did X wear? How long was X in the room? What book did X take? Who did X talk to? What did X say? You may even ask some leading questions to influence memory. For example, if X was not wearing a hat, ask, "What color hat was X wearing?". Compare how everyone's memory was the same and different.
Materials:
False Memories
Grades 3-12
Sometimes your brain makes up its own memories. Try to "implant" a memory by asking people to remember the words on list 1. Wait about five minutes, then probe their memory by asking them which words on list 2 they remember.
List 1: read, pages, letters, school, study, reading, stories, sheets, cover, pen, pencil, magazine, paper, words
List 2: house, pencil, apple, shoe, book, flag, rock, train, ocean, hill, music, water, glass, school
Did they say that "book" was on list 1? Only pencil and school were on list 1.
List 2: door, tree, eye, song, pillow, juice, orange, radio, rain, car, sleep, cat, dream, eat
Did they say that "sleep" was on list 1? Only pillow and dream were on list 1.
Make up your own lists and see if you can create a false memory.
Materials:
Concentration
Grades K-12
Have you played the "game of concentration?" Get a deck of playing cards (cards with pictures work well too). Get 15 matched pairs of cards. so a total of 30 cards. Mix up the 30 cards and then arrange them FACE DOWN in a 6 by 5 grid. Play starts by having one player turn over 2 cards. If the number or picture of the 2 cards is the same, the player picks up these 2 cards and turns over 2 more. If the 2 cards are not the same, the cards are turned back face down in the same place they were and it is the next player's turn. The object of the game is to remember where similar cards are located and to pick up as many pairs as possible. The winner of the game is the one who has the most cards at the end of the game. To make the game more difficult, use the whole deck of cards (26 matched pairs).
On-line Brain Concentration Game and Sensory Concentration Game
Test your memory with this on-line concentration game by locating the matching brains of different animals and matching the senses. These games require that your browser is "JAVA-enabled."
The Memory Game
Grades 3-12
How good is your memory? I will present you with a table of 25 different objects. Look at them for 30 seconds, then click on the "Back" button to return to this page. Then write down all the objects that you can remember.
How did you do? How many did you remember? Try some of the memory techniques (see below) and see if you do better.
Materials:
Pencil (or pen) and paper
Stopwatch
There's a Chunk
Grades 3-12
Does this chunking really work? Find out. Get a partner. Tell your partner that you are going to read some numbers and you want him or her to remember as many as possible. Don't tell your partner how many numbers or what range they will be in. Read these numbers in the following order at a rate of about 1 every second:
9 1 5 11 2 4 6 15 10 3 7 13 12 8 14
Immediately ask your partner to write down the numbers he or she remembers. Now tell your partner that you will read another set of numbers and you want him or her to remember them. Read these numbers in the following order at a rate of about 1 every second:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Immediately ask your partner to write down the numbers he or she remembers. Was the second time easier? Did your partner remember more numbers the second time? Both sets of numbers are exactly the same. it is just that the second one can really be "chunked" into 1. one series of numbers that is easy to remember.
A Trip to Memory Market
Grades K-6
Write a story about a trip to the grocery store. In the story include many food items (10-20 items) that you bought. Read your story to the class and see how many items they can remember. Use the memory tricks and tips (see below) to increase the number of items that can be remembered.
Materials:
Phone It!
Grades K-6
Look up a random phone number in the phone book. Take about one minute to memorize the phone number. Can you remember it 5 minutes later? 1 hour later? 6 hours later? The next day?
Grocery Store
Grades K-6
Here is another grocery store game, called "Grocery Store" how original).
Get everyone together. The first player starts the grocery list by saying "I went to the grocery story and bought some ____." The player should fill in the blank with an item from the grocery store. For example, the player could say "I went to the grocery story and bought some apples." The next player must repeat the list and add a second item. For example, the second player can say, "I went to the grocery store and bought some apples and a bag of potato chips." The third player must create a list using apples, bag of chips and add a third item. The game continues until someone forgets one of the items.
Materials:
Now or Later - The "Recency/Primary" Effect
Grades 6-12
Here is a memory experiment that requires a group of subjects to test. Get 5 or more friends to serve as your experimental subjects. Tell them that you will read a list of 20 words and that their job is to remember as many of the words as possible. Read the following list of 20 words at a rate of 1 word every second. Ask your subjects to write down the words that they can remember immediately after you finish reading the list.
Here is the list of words:
cat apple ball tree square head house door box car king hammer milk fish book tape arrow flower key shoe
Now analyze the results of your memory study. You can collect the lists of words that your subjects wrote or you can just ask them which words that they remembered.
Find out if there was better recall of any particular words on your list.
Was there better recall of words that were read first or last?
To do this assign a "position" to each word that you read. So, "cat" was word #1, apple was word #2, ball was word #3. shoe was word #20. Calculate the percent of recall for each word. For example, if you had 10 subjects and 7 of them remembered the word "cat", then "cat" (word #1) had a percent recall of 70%. Calculate the percent of recall for each of the 20 words.
Now plot your results: the X-axis will be word position and the Y-axis will be % recall. Do you see a pattern? Does is look anything at all like this figure?:
The results of this kind of experiment usually result in a graph similar to this one. This kind of graph is called a "serial-position curve." Words read first and words read last are remembered better than words read in the middle of a list.
This type of experiment provides evidence that there are 2 types of memory processes. It is thought that memory is good for the words read last because they are still in short term memory - this is the recency effect. Memory is good for the words read first because they made it into long term memory - this is the primacy effect.
It is also possible that some words in the list were very easy to recall for other reasons. For example, if your teacher just dropped a hammer on his or her toe, then everyone may find that the word "hammer" was easy to remember. Or perhaps, the last name of someone in the group of subjects is "King", then everyone would remember the word "king".
You can try this experiment again with a slight twist. Ask a new set of subjects to remember the same set of words. However, immediately after you finish reading the list, DISTRACT your subjects by having them count backwards from 100 by threes (100, 97, 94, 91, etc) for about 15-30 seconds. Plot your serial position curve again. Do you see any changes? Usually, distraction causes people to forget the words at the end of the list. Did it happen to your subjects?
A Head for Numbers
Grades 1-12
Can you remember a long string of numbers? Try this game with a group of people. The first person says a one digit number; the next person says this first number and adds another number; the third person says the first and second numbers and adds a third number; the fourth person repeats the first three numbers and adds a fourth number. The game continues until someone forgets one of the numbers in the string. Of course, one person needs to be the recorder who keeps track of the numbers and stops the game when a number is forgotten.
Concrete Words, Abstract Words and Just Plain Nonsense
Grades 6-12
The ability to recall a word depends on how meaningful the word is to a person. Along with the meaningfulness of a word, the "concreteness" of a word is important for memory. Concreteness refers the ability of a word to form a mental image. A word with high concreteness is easy to "see"; a word with low concreteness (an "abstract" word) is difficult to visualize.
Here are three lists of words: concrete words, abstract words and nonsense words. See which list is easier to memorize. You could also read these lists to other people to see how many words from each list they remember.
Concrete Words
alligator - apple - arrow - baby - bird - book - butterfly - car - corn - flower - hammer - house - money - microscope - ocean - pencil - rock - shoes - table - window
Abstract Words
anger - belief - boredom - chance - concept - effort - fate - freedom - glory - happiness - honor - hope - idea - interest - knowledge - mercy - mood - moral - theory - truth
Nonsense Words
ator - botam - crov - difim - firap - glimoc - ricul - hilnim - jolib - kepwin - leptav - lumal - mib - natpem - peyrim - rispaw - stiwin - tubiv - vopec - yapib
The concrete words and abstract words were scored as having high and low concreteness, respectively, in a paper by A. Paivio, J. C. Yuille and S. A. Madigan, Concreteness, imagery, and meaningfulness values for 925 nouns, Journal of Experimental Psychology . Monograph Suppl. vol. 76, no.1, part 2, pages 1-25, 1968.
Memory Methods and Techniques
After you learn some of these methods, try to memorize a list of words. See if you can remember the list the next day. How many can you remember the next week!
Technique 1: Visualize It! - Visualization
When you have an item to remember, "see" it in your mind. The more absurd you make the image the more likely you are to remember it. For example, if you go to the mall and park the car on the level C in space #5, you might imagine that there are 5 Cats waiting in your car for your return. The Cats is for the level "C"; the 5 of course is for the space #5.
Technique 2: Chain It! - Chaining
Chaining is a form of visualizing, but now you might have to remember several items in order. This time you must link the items together by thinking of images that connect them. While a grocery list does not necessarily have to be remembered in order (although it sometimes helps to find things faster), let's use it as an example: milk, bread, eggs, cheese, orange juice. Now, chain them with images:
A carton of milk pouring onto bread.
A sandwich (the bread) with raw eggs on it.
Eggs stuck in the holes of a Swiss cheese.
Pieces of cheese hanging from an orange tree.
TRY IT!
Here is a longer list of words to try:
shoe - piano - tree - pencil - bird - bus - book - dog - pizza - flower - basketball - door - TV - rabbit - spoon - eye - chair - house - computer - rock
You may find that bizarre and wild associations are easy to remember. Here is an example of chaining for the first three words (shoe - piano - tree) of this list.
Technique 3: Place It! - The Method of Loci
Location, Location, Location. Devised during the Roman Empire, the method of loci uses the chaining method with a twist. Now all the items to-be-remembered are linked to specific places in the order you would visit them. For example, you might think of the route you take to school:
Your room (you wake up)
Your kitchen (you have breakfast)
Front door of your house
Bus stop
Bus seat
Friend's house that you see from the bus
Gas Station that you see from the bus
Market that you see from the bus
School
Now you must link the items that you want remembered to each of these places. You have to remember the places first, of course, but this should be easy. Then chain each item to the places. remember, the more wild your idea the better. Using the grocery store example again: milk pouring on you in your room, bread that you can't get out of the toaster (kitchen), eggs splattered on your front door, etc.
Technique 4: Chunk It! - Chunking
Ever wonder why phone numbers are really one 3 digit number and one 4 digit number and NOT one 7 digit number. It's 999-9999, not 9999999. Or what about those social security numbers. It's 999-99-9999, not 999999999. They are a lot easy to remember in small chunks. Remembering things is easier when they are in pieces.
Technique 5: Acrostic It! - Those Catchy Phrases
An acrostic is a phrase that uses the first letter of a word to remember it. In neuroanatomy, one of the most familiar ones is:
On Old Olympus Towering Top A Famous Vocal German Viewed Some Hops.
"What does this mean", you ask. Well, the first letters of each of these words in this little phrase stand for the first letters of each of the cranial nerves. in order:
Olfactory nerve (I), Optic nerve (II), Oculomotor nerve (III), Trochlear nerve (IV), Trigeminal nerve (V), Abducens nerve (VI), Facial nerve (VII), Vestibulocochlear (VIII), Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), Vagus nerve (X), Spinal accessory nerve (XI), Hypoglossal nerve (XII).
Here's another one:
My Very Early Morning Jam Sandwich Usually Nauseates People
My Very Excellent Mom Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
These two phrases represent the order of planets from the Sun:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
One last one. do you know the order of colors in a rainbow? Just remember this person's name: Roy G. Biv
R=red; O=orange Y=yellow G=green B=blue; I=indigo V=violet
Learning
Simply "A-maze-ing"
Let's see if we can demonstrate some fast learning.
Print out (or download) any of these mazes:
(Click on the maze, then "save" the big maze or just print it out). Get at least 3 copies of each maze. When you have the maze, have a friend keep track of the amount of time it takes you to complete the maze. go from "START" to "FINISH" on the maze. Record the amount of time it takes you. Then, do the SAME maze over again on a new copy of the same maze. Record the amount of time it takes you to complete it. Then do it a third time and even a fourth time if you want. Does it take you less time to complete the maze on the second, third and fourth time? I hope so. you are learning. By the way, you could do this same experiment with a jigsaw puzzle.
Materials:
The Space Place
Grades 3-12
This experiment involves BOTH memory and learning. Get a small object like a ball, book, block or even a crumpled up piece of paper. Put a blindfold on your subject. Place the small object on the floor about 10 feet away from your subject, but don't tell your subject where it is. Tell your subject that he or she must find the object on the floor when you say "GO". When you do say "GO", start a stopwatch and measure the amount of time it takes your subject to find the object. Don't let your subject get too far away from the object and don't let your subject bump into anything dangerous, but let your subject find the object without too much help. Once your subject has found the object, stop the stopwatch and record the amount of time it took to find the object.
Repeat your experiment with the same subject. Bring your subject back to the exact same spot where you started and place the object in the exact same spot as it was the first time. Say, "GO" and start your stopwatch again. Did your subject take less time to find the object? You may want to repeat the test several more times and plot the amount of time it took to find the object for the different times you ran the test. Do you see a decrease in the amount of time to find the object in later tests? What would happen if you tested the same subject the next day?
Materials:
Small object (such as a ball or book)
A stopwatch or clock with a second hand
Pencil and paper to record times
Concentration Game - Learning
Grades 3-12
Have one person (the "setter") set up matched pairs of playing card like in the concentration game. Have this person "map" where each of the cards was located at the start of the game. Have another person (the player) play the concentration game as fast as he can. Time how long it takes the player to finish the game. Record the time. Have the setter, use the map and place the cards back in their original positions. So the cards will be in exactly the same locations for the second game. Have the player match the cards again and record the time. Reset the cards and play again. Play a few more times. does the time it takes to finish the game get shorter?
Materials:
Deck of playing cards
Stopwatch
Shape Up!
Grades 3-12
Have you ever wondered how they train animals to do tricks in the circus or on TV? One way that trainers teach animals to learn new things is through a method called shaping. This technique involves reinforcing each behavior that looks like the final act you want. In other words, the trainer gives the animal a treat each time the animal does something that looks like the final behavior.
Now it's your turn to shape a friend. First, get a collection of "treats". these could be little candies or pennies or buttons. Without telling your friend the exact behavior you would like to see, just say that you will give him or her a treat when they do the right thing. The FINAL right thing may be to turn off a light or pick up a pencil or open a book.
Let's say the final behavior you are looking for is to have your friend turn off a light. Start giving treats when your friend gets up. Give another when your friend starts to walk. Give another one when your friend gets close to the light. Give another when your friend touches the light. Give another when your friend turns off the light. Do not give treats for behaviors that are not related to turning off the light.
You can shape almost any behavior as long as your friend is interested in getting the treat.
Motor Learning
Grades 3-12
Use this easy-to-build device to test motor learning. It's like the old "operation" game. Follow the diagram below to build the wire maze. Your wire maze must be a material that is electrically conductive. A coat hanger works as long as it does not have any paint on it. Attach a loop of a hanger to a wire, then attach the wire to the battery. Attach the battery (9 volt) to the buzzer (or light) using wire. Attach the buzzer to the wire maze using more wire.
Thread the loop of the metal hanger through the wire maze. Measure the time it takes to get from one end of the maze to the other. Also count the number of errors (buzzes) during each trial. Go through the maze several times and plot the amount of time and number of errors vs. the trial number on a graph.
Materials:
9 Volt battery
Buzzer or small DC powered light
Hanger (for the maze and the loop)
Wire (to create an electrical circuit)
Wood Holder (or other material to hold the maze)
Stopwatch
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Dating
Dating is a part of human mating process whereby two people meet socially for companionship. beyond the level of friendship. or with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or marriage. It can be a form of courtship consisting of social activities done by the couple. While the term has several meanings, it usually refers to the act of meeting and engaging in some mutually agreed upon social activity in public, together, as a couple.
History [ edit ]
Dating as an institution is a relatively recent phenomenon which has mainly emerged in the last few centuries. From the standpoint of anthropology and sociology. dating is linked with other institutions such as marriage and the family which have also been changing rapidly and which have been subject to many forces, including advances in technology and medicine. As humans have evolved from hunter-gatherers into civilized societies and more recently into modern societies, there have been substantial changes in the relationship between men and women, with perhaps the only biological constant being that both adult women and men must have sexual intercourse for human procreation to happen. [ 3 ]
Humans have been compared to other species in terms of sexual behavior. Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky constructed a reproductive spectrum with opposite poles being tournament species. in which males compete fiercely for reproductive privileges with females, and pair bond arrangements, in which a male and female will bond for life. [ 4 ] According to Sapolsky, humans are somewhat in the middle of this spectrum, in the sense that humans form pair bonds, but there is the possibility of cheating or changing partners. [ 4 ] These species-particular behavior patterns provide a context for aspects of human reproduction. including dating. However, one particularity of the human species is that pair bonds are often formed without necessarily having the intention of reproduction. In modern times, emphasis on the institution of marriage, generally described as a male-female bond, has obscured pair bonds formed by same-sex and transsexual couples, and that many heterosexual couples also bond for life without offspring, or that often pairs that do have offspring separate. Thus, the concept of marriage is changing widely in many countries.
Historically, marriages in most societies were arranged by parents and older relatives with the goal not being love but legacy and "economic stability and political alliances", according to anthropologists. [ 5 ] Accordingly, there was little need for a temporary trial period such as dating before a permanent community-recognized union was formed between a man and a woman. While pair-bonds of varying forms were recognized by most societies as acceptable social arrangements, marriage was reserved for heterosexual pairings and had a transactional nature, where wives were in many cases a form of property being exchanged between father and husband, and who would have to serve the function of reproduction. Communities exerted pressure on people to form pair-bonds in places such as Europe ; in China. according to sociologist Tang Can, society "demanded people get married before having a sexual relationship" [ 6 ] and many societies found that some formally recognized bond between a man and a woman was the best way of rearing and educating children as well as helping to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings regarding competition for mates.
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