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The Aging Brain: A Lesson on Alzheimer's Disease
High schoolers investigate the aging brain and its relationship to the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease. They need to have prior knowledge of brain and nervous system anatomy in order to participate in this lesson. Students compare an...
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The Four Lobes of the Brain
Twelfth graders are introduced to the four lobes of the brain and their functions. As a class, they participate in a discussion about an article they read earlier. They answer comprehension questions as a way to review the material.
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Sensory Competition
Students explore examining something through one sense but experience competing input with another. The lesson also shows the plasticity of the brain and other cognitive functions.
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Left and Right Brains
Students research the part of the brain known as the corpus callosum. The part of the brain that connects the left and right brain, students investigate its functions and how data passes from one side to another.
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Targeting an Action
Students explore how the brain how the brain infers the position of a moving target. They investigate how the brain can fine-tune its motor control over the muscle groups that will perform the intended action. Students participate in a...
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Artists are...In their Right Minds
Students complete experiments to aid in the understanding of the separate functions fo the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Students complete a drawing based on a verbal description.
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Left Brain vs. Right Brain -- Which Side Are You On?
Students examine the different regions of the brain and what they are responsible for. They decide whether they are right or left- brain dominant based on their personalities.
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Nerve Racking
Fifth graders study the components and function of the nervous system. They investigate how engineers design biomedical equipment to assist the nervous system and explain how the five senses are affected during spaceflight.
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Building a Clay Neuron
Middle schoolers investigate and then build neurons in this lesson. They are examined as key parts of the brain and nervous system and seen as different from normal cells.
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Unraveling the Puzzle of the Human Brain
Second graders explore multiple intelligences in each lobe of the brain.
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Lesson Plan Two: Sense of Sight and The Eye
Students label and describe functions of main parts of the eye, and explore the eye by using the eye model.
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Brain Injury
Students study safety and witness a tragic egg accident to see the effect of not wearing a helmet. They create helmets for their own eggs using paper, styrofoam, or anything else that cushions the egg and drop the protected egg.
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Watch Your Thoughts! Diagnostic Imaging and the Brain
Students investigate the structure and function of the brain and the diagnostic imaging technologies used in brain research. They complete a worksheet and discuss their findings.
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Mapping the Homunculus
Students determine the relative number of nerve endings located in the skin. By calculating the reciprocal of these measurements, students have the appropriate data for predicting the relative size of the homunculus found on the cerebral...
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The Nervous System
Eighth graders perform a variety of activities to explore the human nervous system--making posters, charts, presentations, etc. All activities are extremely well designed and planned for clear assessment.
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Anatomy of the Brain
Students explore the brain. In this science lesson plan, students view a diagram of the brain and discuss the various regions of the brain. Students discuss the importance of protecting the brain and design a protective covering.
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Brain Watching
Students identify the different parts of the nervous system. In this biology lesson, students research methods to diagnose and cure neurological disorders. They present their report to class.
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Brain Development
Students examine the discoveries that were made in the brain in the 1960's and compare them to the effects of today. In this brain development lesson students divide into groups and participate in several activities that help them to...
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Making a Brain: Aritifical Neural Network
Students explore how the brain works. For this nervous system lesson, students create a network of "neurons" to simulate how the nervous system and the brain work together.
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Label the Neuron
In this neuron worksheet, 7th graders study the definitions for the neuron and then label the neuron diagram with the terms.
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Neuroscience for Kids Coloring Book
In this neuroscience instructional activity, students color in 12 different parts of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and neurons.
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The Nervous System
In this nervous system activity, students review the structure and function of the central nervous system. This activity has 1 drawing and 17 fill in the blank statements.
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Memory Word Search
In this health worksheet, students find the words related to the concept of memory and the answers are found by looking at the bottom of the page.