TES Global
Tes: Mindfulness Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this Mindfulness Activity, students will engage in mini-creative writing tasks. The sheet will simulate each part of the brain as they make lists, draw pictures, and respond to high-interest questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: The Truth About Your Brain
At the end of this activity, students will be able to understand how your brain changes and grows when you challenge yourself to learn new things. There are 3 parts to this LearnStorm growth mindset activity.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Mapping the Brain
An image of an MRI scan illustrating the anatomy of the brain. Click on the regions to identify them on the image. To find out what each region is, click on the "i."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Central Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers parts of the central nervous system and their functions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Central Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The central nervous system (CNS) is the largest part of the nervous system. It includes the brain and the spinal cord. The bony skull protects the brain. The spinal...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mistakes Can Be Good if We Learn From Them!
Mistakes are a natural part of the learning process, and how we react to them can be either harmful or helpful. Listen as kids discuss their experiences with mistakes.
Auburn University
Auburn University: Using Decodable Text
How can you use decodable text in your classroom? This site offers insight into this necessary part of the reading process. Come and learn more.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Brains, Brains, Brains
Have some fun with this site and see if you can find out which brain picture goes with each of the nine animals named. Answers provided.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Curated OER
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Brain
Learn fun and interesting facts about the brain, its parts, how it communicates, and memory.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Brain
A labeled diagram of the main parts of the human brain.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Make Up Your Mind: Mind Mapping
Investigate the pseudoscience of phrenology and its attempt to organize and assign different purposes to different parts of the brain. Create a phrenology chart on a bathing cap and compare it to modern understanding of brain function...
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: One Day, Computers May Decode Your Dreams
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...
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Dr. Wilder Penfield
Part of a series, this resource profiles Dr. Wilder Penfield, a doctor who mapped the brain, and discovered the location of memory, forgotten emotions, and dreams. Includes a brief video and learning resources.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Circular Pipes
A realistic world problem using the knowledge of chords and the parts of a circle to solve. Test your knowledge on this brain teaser!
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Unlikely Lost and Found
What interesting and unusual items might you write a Lost & Found Ad for? Devote a page in your journal or writer's notebook to write several unusual Lost & Found Ads this year. Use the lost and found writing prompt generator to...
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Grammar Gorillas
Practice parts of speech by clicking on the word in each of ten sentences that matches the part of speech listed above the sentence. The number of right and wrong answers are kept along the way.