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Open Colleges

Your Brain Map: Strategies for Accelerated Learning

For Students 9th - 12th
The brain is a complex organ with many different structures and functions. An interactive diagram allows learners to explore the different structures while pop-ups describe their functions. Secondary interactives show the structures of...
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Curated OER

Human Skeleton

For Students 5th - 7th
Promote reading comprehension and practice naming parts of the human skeleton with this online interactive activity! Scholars read about the functions of the human skeletal system, then work online to label a diagram by filling in 18...
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American Museum of Natural History

Fighting Dinos

For Students 6th - 12th
A famous fossil of fighting dinosaurs holds as many questions as answers. Scholars first analyze the fossil itself by virtually highlighting the specific bones of the dinosaurs and read about their function and importance. They then test...
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Parkinson Disease

For Students 5th - 10th
For this Parkinson disease worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Curated OER

Walking Fast a Sign of Longer Life

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English instructional activity, students discuss walking. Students conduct a survey about walking, write a short piece on walking, listen to and read an article about walking.
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Curated OER

English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 8 - Exercise 6b

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills learning exercise, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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About Kids Health

About Kids Health: An Overview of the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the brain and how it works in this interactive teaching aid that highlights the anatomy and function of the brain using colorful animated illustrations.
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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.
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National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health: The Brain: What's Going on in There?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know all the activities your brain controls? This website explores brain images, brain anatomy, and PET procedure to allow students to get a better understanding of the brain. The website contains interactive activities and videos...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Human Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the human brain, and the role it plays in the nervous system. Students learn about the three main parts of the brain and each of their functions.
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PBS

Pbs: Bird Brains

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS offers a look into the brains of birds. Examine each part of the brain and its function. Click an drag the brain to see a 3-D view.
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Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Reconstructors: A Plaguing Problem

For Students 6th - 8th
Online adventure game consisting of five consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. Episodes should be played in order; however, they can be...
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Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Reconstructors: Nothing to Rave About

For Students 9th - 10th
Online adventure game consisting of three consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. These virtual experiments cover concepts such as history of...
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Skulls

For Students 9th - 10th
A skull is an object of sculptural beauty, a machine designed by evolution, a blueprint of an animal's lifestyle, and a protective enclosure for the brain and sensory organs. These are all responses given by scientists on this visually...
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Other

University of Nebraska at Omaha: Brains Rule! Games: Ecstasy Invaders

For Students 3rd - 8th
Go on a mission inside a nerve cell to find out about how neurons produce and release neurotransmitters to communicate with other neurons. Learn what happens to these brain chemicals when the drug ecstasy interrupts the process.