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American Museum of Natural History

Trip Up Your Brain

For Students 6th - 12th
Sometimes different parts of the brain disagree. See what this disagreement looks like using a remote learning resource to experience how brains often take shortcuts. Pupils complete the activity, observe their results, and then read...
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Poetry4kids

Five Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Every writer knows how terrible writer's block can feel. Use these five writer's block-busting techniques to help young writers get out of their rut and into a better state of mind.
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Curated OER

Cell Phone Radiation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Should people be more worried about cell phone radiation? Scholars read extensive background information about the issue to prepare for a class discussion or debate. As they explore the website, they learn the main arguments for and...
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University of North Carolina

Reading Aloud

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Warning: reading your paper aloud may cause bystanders to think you're talking to yourself. However, as the 14th installment of 24 in the Writing the Paper series from UNC explains, it is one of the best strategies for revision. Through...
Handout
Curated OER

Animal Testing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Animal testing: cruel and inhumane, or innovative and life-saving? Scholars explore the topic and form their own opinions with help from the highly informative website. Pupils read a comprehensive overview of the topic, including...
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American Museum of Natural History

Fighting Dinos

For Students 6th - 12th
A famous fossil of fighting dinosaurs holds as many questions as answers. Scholars first analyze the fossil itself by virtually highlighting the specific bones of the dinosaurs and read about their function and importance. They then test...
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University of North Carolina

Brainstorming

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Did you just hear thunder? Nope, you heard the sound of another kind of storm—a brainstorm! A handout teaches writers about different kinds of brainstorming and provides options for them to try when beginning to write their own papers....
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University of North Carolina

Group Writing

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Two heads are better than one, especially during the writing process. Sometimes, scholars benefit from participating in group writing assignments, as one of the handouts in a series on specific writing assignments outlines. The process...
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Other

Coping Skills for Kids: Brain Works Project

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Teenage Brain

For Students 6th - 8th
Why do teenagers act the way they do? This video segment from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain" explores the work scientists are doing to explain some of the mysteries of teenage behavior.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brain Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Which part of your brain controls your ability to swallow? Your instinct to survive? And how do all the brain's parts function cooperatively? Find out with this interactive feature from the NOVA: "Coma" Web site.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Why Do Musicians Use Both Sides of Their Brains?

For Students K - 1st
Website using a question-answer format in which Dr. Universe attempts to answer a curious question a student has about why musicians use both sides of their brains.
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Other

Brain Connection: Your Brain Health Headquarters

For Students 9th - 10th
A newsletter all about the brain including current research, anatomy and function of the brain, games, quizzes, and more. Animations and pictures make the site appealing to kids, and depth of content make it useful to parents and...
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About Kids Health

About Kids Health: Brain Tumours: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete reference tool for learning about brain tumors starting with symptoms, to how the brain works, to diagnosis, to treatment, to long term outlook.
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Other

National Museum of Health and Medicine: Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource could be used for higher level biology or anatomy classes. There are over 100 different species of mammals represented and each has information about physical characteristics, distribution, and pictures of the brain. There...
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Center for Parent Information and Resources

Nichcy: Traumatic Brain Injury

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides information about traumatic brain injuries, and how to receive help if needed.
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Center for Parent Information and Resources

Nichcy: Traumatic Brain Injury

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides information about traumatic brain injuries, and how to receive help if needed.
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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Awareness Week

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Although this site is for Brain Awareness Week, the many hyperlinks on the site are very worthwhile in the study of neuroscience. Be sure to check out the many activities on the experiments and activities page.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers, Nova: Little People of Flores: Compare the Brains

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast the shape and size of a Homo floresiensis brain with the brain of a chimp and a modern human.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Drugs Alter the Brain's Reward Pathway

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides interesting data about how drugs alter the brain. Find facts, pictures, and animations to help portray the critical information about drugs of abuse. Also link to teacher resources and lesson plans.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Brain Evolution and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about brain evolution and development.
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Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support: Understanding Brain Tumors

For Students 9th - 10th
The causes, diagnosis, and treatment of brain cancer is examined in this comprehensive site. The site then moves from the general to the specific by delving into the different types of brain tumors.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Adolescent Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain," neuroscientist Dr. Jay Giedd discusses new research on brain development in teenagers.
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Other

Brain Line: Brain Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Three roll-over diagrams of the brain highlight its parts. In accompanying display panes, learn about the functions that each highlighted part is responsible for and about problems that can occur if that part of the brain is damaged.

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