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\nIdentifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details: What’s Going On in the Teenage Brain?\n

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\nWhat's going on in the teen brain? Pupils consider the question as they continue reading an informational article about the topic. While reading, they use a Thinking Log worksheet and an anchor chart to track their understanding of...\n
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\nLogic and Argument: Evaluating the Argument in “Beyond the Brain”\n

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\nThe brain is not the mind. Scholars explore the claim by reading an informational article about neuroscience research, \"Beyond the Brain.\" As they read, they answer text-dependent questions and complete an anchor chart to evaluate...\n
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\nMid-Unit Assessment: Development of the Young Brain\n

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\nScholars view a video clip about adolescent brain development and work with partners to identify the main idea and supporting details. Next, as part of the mid-unit assessment, pupils watch another clip from the video and complete a main...\n
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\nClose Reading: Excerpt 5 of “The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution”\n

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\nClass members consider how technology affects social interactions as they continue reading an article about the digital revolution and adolescent brain development. Then, working in pairs, scholars answer text-dependent questions and...\n
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\nNeurotransmitters Contain Chemicals\n

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\nHuman body systems students play a card game, \"Locks & Keys\" in order to learn that neurotransmitters carry a message from one neuron to another by fitting into a receptor site on the receiving nerve cell. While this activity can...\n
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\nBe Brain Smart\n

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\nStudents examine the function of the brain. Using the internet, they research facts of the brains of vertebrates. Using clay, they make three sculptures of brains of different vertebrates and use crayola colors to color it. To end the...\n
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\nWhat is Addiction?\n

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\nWhy do our bodies become addicted to some substances? Young psychologists explore the mechanisms of addiction through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series. Content includes the cycle of addiction, changes that...\n
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\nBrain Power\n

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\nIn this science worksheet, students investigate the anatomy and function of the human brain. Students read facts about the parts of the brain and what each does. Students compare the size of the human brain to that of other animals....\n
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\nThe Brain\n

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\nIn this brain worksheet, students read about the brain, its four parts, and their functions, and answer comprehension questions. In this fill in the blank and true and false worksheet, students answer thirteen questions. \n
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\nPerception and the Brain\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nThe Brain: Control Central\n

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\nStudents investigate the brain as the organ that regulates all of their physical, emotional, and cognitive responses. Some of the components of mental illness are examined inn this lesson.\n
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\nBrain Buzz: Effects of Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol and Drugs on Learning\n

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\nStudents understand how the brain functions and how they can promote a healthy lifestyle.  In this health lesson students complete several activities including investigating how stimulates affect the brain.\n
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\nHow the Brain Learns\n

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\nStudents 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. \n
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\nPuzzles and Brain Teasers\n

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\nIn this brain teasers instructional activity, students solve a variety of word puzzles. For example, \"What is a clever cat called? (a witty kitty).\n
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\nHow Does Your Memory Work? Part 1/3\n

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\n\"Just as you don't know how you breathe, you don't know how you remember.\" So begins this video on memory. Memory is such an important function of the brain, and if it ceases to work, we cease to be who we once were. How does this work?...\n
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\nNervous Systems\n

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\nExplore the nervous system's workings by first looking at the brain and its two hemispheres. Using the example of a split-brain surgery done for epilepsy, the function of language and vision is shown with an interactive component. Paul...\n
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\nThe Nervous System\n

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\nHuman biology beginners label colorful diagrams of the neuron, the reflex pathway, and the brain. They list steps in the action potential process, and describe several different neurotransmitters. This worksheet guides learners through...\n
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\nStudy Jams! The Nervous System\n

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\nGet your class thinking with animations of neurons in action and explanations of how stimuli is transported and processed. This film makes an ideal introduction or review of the nervous system. The parts of the brain and what they...\n
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\nWriting About Informational Text: Music and the Brain\n

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\nEven if you've never picked up a musical instrument, chances are that music has directly impacted your mental and emotional development. Sixth graders engage in a reading activity in which they read two articles on the impact of music on...\n
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\nBrain Anatomy and Functions\n

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\nAn animated diagram of the human brain is shown spinning around, pointing out the parts of the brain as it moves. After the parts are all listed, the functions of the various areas are pointed out. No sound is included. Use this to quiz...\n
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\nCarl Sagan on Human Brain\n

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\nCarl Sagan explains his evolutionary development of the brain, focusing on the cerebral cortex. What the cerebral cortex is capable of and what it performs are highlighted. This video could be used in a psychology or science classroom to...\n
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\nBeautiful Brain: Step Inside the Brain\n

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\nBefore digital microscopes, scientists hired artists to draw the things visible in the microscope. Through training in neuroscience and art, Cajal revolutionized the way we view the beautiful brain. The third activity in a series of four...\n
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\nHow Stress Affects Your Brain\n

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\nMotivate your class members (and yourself) to manage stress with this short video that explores what happens to the brain when it is exposed to continual stress.\n
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\nBeautiful Brain: Do You See What I See?\n

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\nCan art play tricks on your eyes, and can a still painting really appear to vibrate? The second lesson in a four-part series discusses the way our beautiful brains translate visual images. It highlights the style of optical art and...\n
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