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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Multiple Sclerosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers helpful advice for relieving symptoms for patients living with Multiple Sclerosis. Discusses: causes, risk factors, independence, treatment, and more.
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Other

Johns Hopkins Univ.:baltimore Huntington's Disease Cent.

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Huntington's disease, including history of disease, characteristics of disorder, nature of mutation, treatment, and son on.
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: What Happens When You Get a Concussion?

For Students 5th - 8th
Article explains the science of concussions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Nerve Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand the structure of a neuron and identify different types of them.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial explains how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: The Brain Is the Boss

For Students 9th - 10th
What weighs 3 pounds at maturity and is faster than any computer? If you don't know then use this site about the brain. Get great information and diagrams about the brain. Available in Spanish.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Central Control

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate the role of higher centers of the brain in autonomic regulation.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Action Potential

For Students 10th - 12th
Students will learn the components of the membrane that establish the resting membrane potential, and find out the changes that occur to the membrane that result in the action potential.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Sensory and Motor Exams

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn the arrangement of sensory and motor regions in the spinal cord in order to understand a sensory and motor exam. They will also understand the clinical indications of common reflexes.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Coordination and Gait Exams

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the relationship between the location of the cerebellum and its function in movement in order to understand the processes of coordination and gait exams.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Tasty Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment to determine whether or not the sense of smell is important to being able to recognize foods by taste. They do this by attempting to identify several different foods that have similar textures. For some of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Building the Neuron

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this activity, students design and build neuron models based on observations made while viewing neurons through a microscope.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Do Sensors Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Through six lesson/activity sets, students learn about the functioning of sensors, both human and robotic
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Aafp: Benzodiazepines: Side Effects, Abuse Risk & Alternatives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the American Family Physician journal assesses and discusses the adverse effects of a class of prescription depressants called benzodiazepines. Learn about dangerous complications and side effects, and also learn about...
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NASA

Nasa: The Brain in Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educators guide shows students how the body's brain, spinal cord and network of nerves control the activities of animals and humans.
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National Institutes of Health

Ninds: Coma and Persistent Vegetative State Info Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Loads of answers to just about any question you may have about comas. This site discusses what coma is, whether there is treatment, what the prognosis might be like, research on comas, and more.
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National Institutes of Health

Ninds: Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of traumatic brain injury, which can lead to a coma. Discusses what TBI is, how it is treated, what the prognosis might look like, and research that is being done in the movie.
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BBC

Bbc: Scotland: Brainsmart

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginners guide to how the human brain works and suggestions for taking care of it, memorizing numbers, remembering names, managing stress, and more. Take a trip inside and see what happens when it learns something new.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Highlighting the Neuron

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this lesson on the brain's neural networks, students investigate the structure and function of the neuron. They discover ways in which engineers apply this knowledge to the development of devices that can activate neurons. Includes...
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Other

Health Talk Online: Chronic Pain

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive resource contains individual video interviews with medical professionals and a number of people who have experienced chronic pain. What is chronic pain? What different approaches are used to manage pain? What type of...
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kids Health: El Cerebro Y El Sistema Nervioso

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the different parts of the brain. The page is also available in English.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Acupuncture

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the practice of Chinese traditional medicine known as acupuncture. Contains a good sized article with helpful information along with links to related articles and additional resources.
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Other

Do Something: 11 Facts About Organic Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the differences between conventionally grown food and organic for both people and the environment. Includes important statistics about nutrition and pesticides.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Detailed Description of the Anatomy of Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes anatomical features of a spider, including its external structure, eyes, mouth parts, digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, nervous system, reproductive system, and its spinnerets.

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