UNIT 0: Learning and Memory
IB topic(s): 6.5.NOS
Essential Idea(s): Learning is a biological process that can be enhanced with repetition.
Unit Length: 4 days
Pre-assessment: no knowledge audit for this unit
Lesson Topic
1 Welcome to IB Biology
2 How People Learn
Days Statement(s) and Objective(s)
2 Class logistics and norm building
2 6.5.NOS: Cooperation and collaboration between
groups of scientists- biologists are contributing to
research into memory and learning (Oxford Biology
Course Companion page 328).
Describe the effects of cooperation and
collaboration between groups of scientists.
State an example of how people from multiple
scientific disciplines are collaborating to
understand learning and/or memory.
Compare the growth and fixed mindsets effect
on learning.
Explain the basic biology of learning.
Draw and explain the Ebbinghaus forgetting
curve.
View the full list of SHS IB Bio Units
Activities (updated 01 August 2017)
Welcome to IB Biology
Who Are You Survey
Class norms
Why integrity matters reading
Integrity Pledge
Homefun handout
Syllabus and logistics assignment
Expectations agreement
Notice to pay course fee
How people learn reading
How people learn collaborative posters
How people learn questions
Form for submitting responses to Qs
How people learn table review
AB: Digital Minds questions
AB: Digital Minds reading
Introduction to statements
Statement 6.5.NOS
OPTIONAL:
The Tricks Tech Companies Use to
Capture Attention (TED talk) - might be
 Outline the impact of repetition and review on good to assign to kids who have issue
learning. with cell phones in class
State the impact of multitasking on memory
consolidation.

Post-assessment: no knowledge audit for this unit