University of Minnesota
Your Incredible Memory
Test the efficiency of your memory! Scholars test each other's memory as they explore factors that affect memory retrieval. Through experimental analysis, they discover there are different types of memory, which has an impact on the...
Facing History and Ourselves
After Charlottesville: Public Memory and the Contested Meaning of Monuments
Are Civil War monuments a kind remembrance or a reminder of a dark past? The lesson focuses on the public's memory of the Civil War and the monuments that represent it. Young academics explore past efforts to change historical symbols...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Classroom Activities: Mirror-Tracing Activity
What does it take to train your brain? Learners explore the question as they experiment with their own memory and motor skills. They attempt to trace an object using a mirror and then score their results over several trials. They then...
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: If Recollecting Were Forgetting
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If Recollecting were Forgetting", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Lauren Schaffel and can access a printable version of this piece.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Amnesia?
Amnesia is the loss of memory. Learn what the causes can be, the different types, the symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and what the treatments are.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Exercise and Memory
Can exercise really help our brain work better? This PBS site discovers if this is really true by taking you into the worlds of Jada and Maurna to find out.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Shape Match
Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words....
ABCya
Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Number Match
Monster Mansion Number Match is a fun matching game for kids to practice numbers and counting. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match the numbers and objects. Players can compare...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Use Acronyms to Remember Information
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient learning strategy. Students will learn how to use acronyms as a study tool.
NBC
Live Science: Your Brain Remembers What You Forget
The brain functions in ways that many researchers often fail to understand. This particular article reveals recent discoveries regarding research conducted on memory. An interactive feature is also posted on this site. Information is...
Other
Memory Is a Painter: The Art of Grandma Moses
This site has a short biography with three enlargeable images of the work of Grandma Moses.