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Your Brain Map: Strategies for Accelerated Learning
The brain is a complex organ with many different structures and functions. An interactive diagram allows learners to explore the different structures while pop-ups describe their functions. Secondary interactives show the structures of...
Curated OER
Train the Body, Train the Brain
An article from the New York Times, 2010, titled "Phys Ed: Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter?" is the springboard for the six short-answer questions posed by The Learning Network. Have your class read the article, answer the questions, and...
University of Minnesota
Memory Items
Ready to have an "unforgettable" time in science class? Try a fun and insightful activity, suitable for a wide age group of learners. Explore how human memory works when pupils try to remember objects they've seen before comparing the...
University of Minnesota
Your Incredible Memory
Test the efficiency of your memory! Scholars test each other's memory as they explore factors that affect memory retrieval. Through experimental analysis, they discover there are different types of memory, which has an impact on the...
University of Minnesota
WebQuest: Structure of the Nervous System
What could be more natural than learning about learning? Scholars research the central nervous systems and the learning process through a well-designed WebQuest. They study the structure as well as discover the functions of those...
Curated OER
Seahorse Word Search
In this recognizing words about the seahorse activity, learners read the words in the word bank and find them in the word search. Students discover 9 words.
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Seahorse Vocabulary
For this recognizing facts about seahorses worksheet, learners read descriptive phrases and match them with the terms they are describing. Students match 9 answers.
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Alcohol and Your Brain
Through an engaging video and quiz, learn about the effects of alcohol on specific regions of the brain, as well as general effects on the body.
Kenan Fellows
Unit 4: The Brain
Drugs interact with the brain to alter moods, emotions, and behaviors by changing the brain's chemistry, perceptions, and interactions. The final lesson in the Pharmacology unit shows scholars experiments, has them complete four labs,...
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Seahorse Challenge
In this seahorse facts worksheet, students respond to 9 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about seahorses.
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Aquatic Safari
Students use an Internet Web site to locate the scientific information about various marine species. They use the Internet to find the scientific information about marine animals.
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Seahorse Alphabet Activity
In this recognizing alphabetical order worksheet, students alphabetize words about seahorse to the first letter. Students write 9 answers.
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Enemies and Threats to Sea Horses
Students research threats and enemies of the sea horse. In this animal biology lesson, students use the Internet to find threats and enemies of sea horses and write a paragraph on their findings.
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The Aging Brain: A Lesson on Alzheimer's Disease
High schoolers investigate the aging brain and its relationship to the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease. They need to have prior knowledge of brain and nervous system anatomy in order to participate in this lesson. Students compare an...