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What the Mind Remembers
High schoolers aske questions about how the brain forms and retrieves memories. They devise an experiment that attempts to shed some light on the question. Students are allowed to make general observations from questions given to them...
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Growth and Development
Fourth graders explore an interactive site and discover new facts about the brain and its functions. They play a game demonstrating which areas of the brain control specific muscles.
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Pieces of Mind: Remembering What Matters
Learners watch the program "Pieces of Mind" from PBS and participate in a class discussion about PET scans and their advantages. Students then brainstorm activities a PET scan could be used for.
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What Does Your "Homunculus" Look Like?
Students determine the density of touch receptors in various parts of the body on the right hand side. They use collected data to draw a picture of the
"homunculus" of an experimental subject.
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OUtside Influence
Young scholars identify factors that are important for brain functioning of learning. They observe the impact of interaction in mice. They also create their own experiment dealing with the mice. They analyze and share their results.
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Taste and Smell
Pupils experiment to determine classmates taste and smell to find out which sends the clearest message to the brain.
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Movies Are Us
Young scholars watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.