Instruct students to work together to do preliminary research on snakes in order to discover which type of snake each individual student would like to study in depth. 4. Have each student submit a list of three snakes, in order of preference, that he or she would like to study. Then make assignments, so that there are no duplications. 5.
Long-Term Memory. A long-term memory is anything you remember that happened more than a few minutes ago. Long-term memories can last for just a few days, or for many years. Long-term memories aren't all of equal strength. Stronger memories enable you to recall an event, procedure, or fact on demandâfor example, that Paris is the capital of France. Weaker memories often come to mind only through prompting or reminding.
The two major subdivisions are explicit memory and implicit memory. Explicit memories are those that you consciously remember, such as an event in your life or a particular fact. Implicit memories are those that you do without thinking about, like riding a bikeâyou once learned how, and you remembered how, but now do it without conscious thought. Although understanding these differences in the type of memory we carry for the long-term is helpful, the divisions are fluid: different forms of memory often mix and mingle. To learn more about the different types of long-term memory, view our explicit (declarative) memory and implicit (nondeclarative) memory pages.