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Science Buddies:brain Body Connection: Can Exercise Make Our Brains Work Better? ActivityScience Buddies:brain Body Connection: Can Exercise Make Our Brains Work Better? Activity
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Science Buddies
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Science Buddies:brain Body Connection: Can Exercise Make Our Brains Work Better?

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We all know physical exercise is important to keeping our bodies fit. But how important is physical exercise to your brain? In other words, is there any connection between an active body and increased brain power? This is an easy project where you can test the effect of exercise on a critical brain function: memory.

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exercise, memory

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brain function, science fair project, science buddies, sports science, science project

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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