On this occasion, the Grade 5 students learned IPC under the theme “Brainwave.” They explored various aspects of how the brain works. One of the lessons focused on learning quick memory techniques through popular tricks. This learning activity was designed to allow students to test the theories they had learned about brain performance through familiar activities, while also providing them with strategies to improve their memory skills.
During this lesson, the students were divided into four groups to visit four Memory Linking Stations. These stations included: remembering through movement, remembering through mnemonics, remembering through pictures, and remembering through storytelling. Each group took turns experiencing all four stations.
The students were very excited to try out the experiments at each station. They worked together to follow the instructions in their groups. Students also wrote down their favorite station and explained why they chose one particular memory trick to practice more often. Most students chose the drawing and movement tricks, as they found them the most fun. In these activities, they created simple sketches or movements to represent certain information, which helped them remember more effectively. This method not only made learning enjoyable but also allowed them to actively engage their creativity and body coordination.
They were also able to connect their knowledge about brain functions—such as the hippocampus, amygdala, neocortex, and others—with the activities they were doing.
By providing students with real-life experiences of how the brain works, they gained a strong understanding of the knowledge they had previously received through texts or teacher explanations. In the future, it is expected that students will be able to apply this knowledge to maximize their memory techniques in daily life—for example, by using these tricks as study strategies to better understand school materials and recall them more effectively. ***
