Interesting Memory Case Studies Videos with Hysterical Star Tracing Activity

This is a great lesson for exploring aspects of memory in a psychology class.

This 60-minute lesson will require you to check/upload three video links from Youtube, buy paddle mirrors from Dollar Tree (one for every two students), make copies of the video questions, make copies of the shapes to trace and get cardstock or file folders to block their hands. (you could just use paper but the sturdier the better)

The three videos have a total running time of just under thirty minutes and are highly engaging. There is a video guide for students to follow along with and can be discussed after each video. I like to show the videos first and then change things up with the following activity.

The best part of this activity, one of may favorites all year, is the mirror tracing. It is sooo much fun! It is weird and crazy and cool. One student described his inability to move the pencil the way he wanted as an "invisible magnetic force" that wouldn't let him move. There is a reading for you that I included to better understand the background to this activity and an image to post on your whiteboard as an example. The student pages for tracing are also included.