Explore the human brain, and the role it plays in the nervous system. Students learn about the three main parts of the brain and each of their functions.

Everything you wanted to know about keeping your brain healthy. How should you nourish your brain, how should your brain be protected, and even how to "renew" or stimulate your brain.

Kids learn more about the science of the human brain, the central unit that controls our body.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cells, like these nerve cells, do not work in isolation. To send orders from your brain to your legs, for example, signals pass through many nerve cells. These cells...

The human brain is complex. Messages within the brain and the rest of the nervous system are conducted by cells called neurons. Drugs and other substances can interfere with or modify the transmission of messages between neurons. In this...

From the PBS series, this history traces our quest to understand the human brain with an extensive timeline.

This is a publication on the human brain and how it works. Gives details on the neuron, how the senses interact with the brain and much more. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).

Can you name the bones of the human skull? Test your knowledge by matching the correct label with the correct bone.

This lesson reinforces comprehension of key facts and concepts in the student article "The Awesomely Evolved Human Brain." Students will understand that the brain's reward system has evolved to help ensure the survival of the species....

A large PDF unit that teaches students about the human body systems. Incorporates many activities and integrates math and language arts.

This is a site describing how symmetry is used to describe the brain. Check it out.

Learners learn about the similarities between the human brain and its engineering counterpart, the computer. Since students work with computers routinely, this comparison strengthens their understanding of both how the brain works and...

In this transcript from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain," neuroscientist Dr. Jay Giedd discusses new research on brain development in teenagers.

The brain is what makes us function, yet we understand so little about how it works. We are learning more about the brain by using new technology to monitor epilepsy patients during surgery. Moran Cerf explains the process doctors use to...

An interactive labeling exercise helps students practice naming parts of the human brain.

Most will use the computer as a metaphor for the human brain. But how close can a computer come to what we can do? This is an article that addresses that very question.

Shielded by our thick skulls and swaddled in layers of protective tissue, the human brain is extremely difficult to observe in action. Madeline Lancaster shares how to make a brain in a lab.

How the brain works and how it ties to coping skills in the pre-teen are the focus of this website. Informative links for both students and adults.

This site from Bartleby.com contains an intense, in-depth article from Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body on the fore-brain or prosencephalon. The article discusses the thalamus throughout and touches on its functions as a whole.

Learn about the structure of the human brain with this interactive diagram. Also, find out about neurons, message transmission, and other factors that affect brain function.

Learn about the main sections of the human brain, and how the structure or each relates to its function.

Take this interactive, ten-question quiz about the human brain. Read facts about this important organ after each questions is answered, and then get your score.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction piece discusses the human brain. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...

This educators guide shows students how the body's brain, spinal cord and network of nerves control the activities of animals and humans.