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Brain Lesson Plans
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Become familiar with how the brain works! This human body teaches how to recognize different parts of the brain through a coloring activity that focuses on what function each part performs. Each student makes a brain puzzle and creates a survey about the side of the brain people use more often. Worksheets are not included, and the instructional activity requires the teacher to have a text about the brain.
A virtual 3-D tour leads students to developing icons representing the function of various parts of the brain. These icons are then used to label hand-drawn maps of the brain. A worksheet, assessment, and detailed procedures are included.
Young scholars experience how the brain adapts over time to changes in what they perceive. In this human perception lesson, students wear special prism goggles that initially disorient the user. Over time, the student is able to adjust to the changes and perform a given task.
Students explore the causes and effects of marijuana addiction and research how THC affects different areas of the brain. They synthesize their knowledge by creating print advertisements that inform teenagers about the physiologic danger of drugs
Students discover the basic structures of the brain and the functions certain parts play in the interpretation of stimuli in this great Life Science lesson plan for the High School classroom. The lesson plan suggests the use of Sheep brains for physical dissection.
Students identify the basic function of the lobes in the brain. In this memory lesson students complete a lab activity on how fast they can react.
Students explore the brain. In this nervous system science lesson plan, students view a Brainpop video about the nervous system, then fill in the first two sections of a KWL. Students identify the parts of the brain and their main functions. Students make "brain chains" with their body parts to demonstrate messages traveling through their bodies, and participate in other movement activities that illustrate how the brain works.
Students explore human anatomy by completing a list of activities over five days. In this brain science lessons, students examine images of brains and identify the different parts. Students complete an in-class quiz regarding brain anatomy and conduct a model building activity.
Students explore the human brain and nervous system. In this brain awareness lesson, students examine specific terms with regards to the human brain. Students discover the brain's structure and function and how it functions as the body's control center. Students complete a multiple choice quiz on brain anatomy.
Help your class understand Autism. They conduct research into how the brain is effected by the disorder of autism. Then they write a letter to the Center For Disease Control about their findings and forward some of the new research to them.
