Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Condense, Combine, or Categorize New Information - Your Brain and Moral Decision-Making

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars condense information and create a summary paragraph on a video segment. In this brain activity lesson plan, students watch a video that chronicles an experiment in how the brain responds when making moral...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Your Amazing Brain

For Students 8th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, 8th graders read a passage about the brain. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions about the text.
Primary
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Principles of Psychology by William James

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete volumes of the two volumes of this work are available for study.
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: One Day, Computers May Decode Your Dreams

For Students 9th - 10th
Wouldn't it be cool to read someone's mind? Maybe? Neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh are developing a mind-reading computer system to hep people with nerve damage send messages from the brain to parts of the body to create...
Lesson Plan
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Comparing Brain Images [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Color-by-numbers PET images allow comparison of active areas in a drug-free brain and in a cocaine addict's brain.
Interactive
Other

Alzheimer's Association: Interactive Tour of the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this two-part interactive tour of the brain. The first gives you brain basics; the second shows how the brain is affected throughout the stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Don't Forget! Memory Tests 9 12

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore scientific research that says continued brain activity may delay or slow the loss of memory function. Investigate and practice different techniques to increase recall.
Graphic
Curated OER

Ny Times: Testing Well Known Product Names Lesson Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn about the advent of neuromarketing as a means to assess the effects of certain brands on the brain activity of prospective buyers. They then design their own experiments that test the power of certain...