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Bird Brained

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine bird anatomy and explain bird intelligence.  In this animal behavior lesson plan students research the Internet on bird behavior and work in groups to complete a challenge. 
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No Pain, No Brain!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ai/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the /ai/ digraph using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "The Long Long...
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The Brain and the Sense Organs - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners identify the five sense organs and state the uses of the five senses.
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Puzzles and Brain Teasers

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this puzzle worksheet, students draw the given picture using one continuous line without crossing a line or taking their pencil off the paper.
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Brain Booster: Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this daily math problem worksheet, students complete three activities that help them tell time to the hour and half hour. Students show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines or hundred boards for...
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Brain Booster: Addition with Regrouping

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this daily math problem worksheet, students complete three activities that help them solve problems using addition with regrouping. Students show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines or hundred...
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Brain Boosters: Valentine's Day Math

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this problem solving activity, students are given two Valentine story problems to solve. Each problem has a place to show your work. Students must use different operations to solve the problems.
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Is it Even or Odd?

Brain Boosters: Daily Word Problem

For Students 1st - 2nd
Your youngsters will be able to determine whether the solution to the problem is even or odd by counting the number of cubes shown. 
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Tree Brains

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use a tree as a graphic organizer for a prewriting strategy. Some of the "trees" are used to create verbal paragraphs for practice.
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Nervous System

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students find the words in the puzzle related to the nervous system. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Hormone Secretions from the Nervous System

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students find the words that are consistent with the hormone secretions of the nervous system and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Controlling the Body Machine

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nervous system worksheet, students review the parts of the body that make up the nervous system and how this body system works. This worksheet has 5 fill in the blank, 5 matching, 3 multiple choice, 5 true or false, and 3 short...
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Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine how muscles can work together with joints.  In this movement lesson plan students use a marionette to observe how muscles work. 
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Brain Power

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this math word problem worksheet, students solve 4 problems that require them to use their addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.
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Letter Puzzles

For Students 9th - 12th
In this letter puzzle activity, students solve 2 puzzles given a list of letters.  Students determine the relationship between the set of letters.
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Cocaine in the Brain

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the effects of cocaine and heroin and withdrawal symptoms.  In this drug  lesson students participate in an activity that illustrates cocaine's actions. 
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Women's Brains

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience an example of bias in science dealing with women and gender.
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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Contemplating Nature vs. Nurture

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Does having an addict in your family make it more likely to become one yourself? Explore the genetic risk factors, as well as the prominent environmental influences, for substance addiction in a instructional activity that encourages...
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University of Minnesota

Homeostasis of Thermoregulation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Whether you're battling the flu or trying to warm up on a chilly day, your body's ability to react to temperature change is fascinating! Anatomy scholars discover the fantastic feedback loops that control body temperature in a rigorous...
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University of Minnesota

What's the Deal? Addiction Card Game

For Students 9th - 12th
Addiction is a big deal! Playing a game of cards helps learners understand the concept of addiction. Through their analysis, they examine the potential for addiction and how it varies for each individual.
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Teach Engineering

Processes on Complex Networks

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Introduces your class to random processes in networks with an activity that uses information about disease spread using the susceptible, infectious, resistant (SIR) model. Participants determine whether a susceptible person becomes...
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Word Connections

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the science of word associations. They take a memory quiz, read articles on how the brain processes language, explore the concept of false memories and create and illustrate their own original word associations.
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Draw What You Feel in the Bag: Art Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Here is a great game to play on a rainy day or as a warm up. Kids feel an object in a paper bag, they do not attempt to identify it, they simply draw what they feel. This results in a contour drawing based on line, feeling, and texture....
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Dancing Polygons and Non-Polygons with Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study movements. In this dance lesson, 2nd graders draw patterns selecting one to represent through movement with their body.

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