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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 Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine images of human brains that illustrate that specific regions of the brain regulate specific functions. They extend that knowledge to examine how drugs of abuse activate an area of the brain called the reward system. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the hierarchical organization of the brain, neuron, and synapse; explain the sequence of events involved in communication at the synapse; and that synaptic transmission involves neurotransmitters. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students consider the goals of a treatment plan for persons who have had the way they think, feel, or behave changed because of mental illness. PET images are utilized to support the evidence of changes in the activity and functioning of the brain. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students develop icons to represent the function of various parts of the brain and use these icons to label maps of the brain. They conduct Internet research, complete a worksheet, and create their brain map. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, in groups, conduct research about a specific disorder of the brain, create a character study of a person with that brain disorder, and then present the information to the rest of the class. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students draw a poster of a lateral view of the brain in order to label the different lobes of the brain. They examine what causes some people to be more musically intelligent than others. They dissect a cow's brain and label the different lobes. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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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 for the High School classroom. The lesson suggests the use of Sheep brains for physical dissection. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students conduct research into how the brain is effected by the disorder of autism. They conduct a webquest in order to gather information. Then students write a letter to the Center For Disease Control about their findings and forward some of the new research to them. Full Review »
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