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1. Harnessing the Four Elements:  A Mindfulness Activity for Facing Challenges:  http://www.mindfulteachers.org/2014/10/harnessing-four-elements-mindfulness-activity.html

Visit the above website and complete the mindful activity.  When you are done, answer the following questions.

1. What was your mood and stress level prior to completing this activity?
2. Did this activity improve your mood and stress level?
3. How can you relate this activity to the information in chapter five?

2. Counting Sounds:  A Mindful Walking Practice:  http://www.mindfulteachers.org/2015/03/counting-sounds-mindful-walking-practice.html

Visit the above website and complete the mindful activity.  When you are done, answer the following questions.

1. What was your mood and stress level prior to completing this activity?
2. Did this activity improve your mood and stress level?
3. How can you relate this activity to the information in chapter five?

3. Rainbow Walk:  A Mindfulness Activity to Move the Body and Rest the Mind:  http://www.mindfulteachers.org/2014/10/rainbow-walk-mindfulness-activity.html

The above website explains a mindfulness activity for students.  For the first part, students should take a walk and take pictures of the different colors that they see.  Students should then post their pictures online (a class discussion board, Pinterest, Instagram, SnapChat, Facebook, etc.) and discuss the differences in what each student paid attention to and whether or not this activity lowered their stress level and/or improved their mood.

4. Pinterest Board

I use this assignment in all of my classes.  First, create a Pinterest account if you do not already have one.  Create a “class board” for each class in which you will be doing this assignment.  The board must be made public.  Then, using your roster, invite your students to be collaborators for the class board.  Ask the students to “pin” an item or more (video, website, article, visual graphic, etc.) related to chapter one (no repeat pins).  Then, have them comment on a few of their peers’ pins, relating the pin to the chapter’s material.  If you want to see how successful this assignment can be, check out my class boards:  https://www.pinterest.com/professorgrayso/

By viewing the pins and comments, you will be able to see how the students understood the course material.  However, you could have them discuss the pins on a discussion board or write a journal about what they learned by viewing the pins and how the pins related to course material.