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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Read and Write From Top to Bottom and Left to Right

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Teach students to remind themselves (and train their eyes and brains) to go from top to bottom, left to right and page by page! This activity includes a catchy song to the tune of Mary had a Little Lamb to help students remember this...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.43 Peripheral Nervous System

For Students 6th - 9th
Understand the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system in the human body.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.42 Central Nervous System

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn the structure and function of the central nervous system.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Pieces of Mind: Old Brain, New Tricks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Conduct an experiment to find out how various senses compete during the learning experience. Explore the relationship between age and language by employing research methods of interviewing, transcription and statistical analysis.
Handout
Columbia University

Drug Mechanisms and Brain Function: The Antipsychotic Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the effect of certain drugs on human personality. Article's foundation is in anti-psychotic research.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Mystery of the Senses Vision

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand how our brain identifies an object, view six optical illusions and explain why the visual system might interpret them the way it does.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Cerebrospinal Fluid

For Students 9th - 10th
For an overall look at cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), visit this open-source encyclopedic site. You will learn what its functions are, how it is produced, and how it is useful in the diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Hindbrain and Midbrain

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will examine the makeup and function of the cerebellum and brainstem.
Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Central and Peripheral Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the organization and function of the nervous system.
Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Organs

For Students K - 1st
Learn fun facts and information about the major organs and eight main body systems.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Parkinson's Disease Workshop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online biology course highlighting Parkinson's disease. Course topics include clinical characteristics, structural neuroimaging, neuropathology, genetics, and cognitive function. Course features include reading suggestions...
Handout
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: How We See

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a larger sight on the eyeball and its function, this section describes the process of sight and ranges in topics from the chemical reaction of light hitting the retina to blind spots and animals seeing color.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Conflicting Mental Tasks Reveal About Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you pat your head with one hand while you rub your stomach with the other? This experiment is kind of like that, but it can actually give you some insight into how your mind works. The task is to name colors. It sounds simple enough,...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blood Clots, Polymers and Strokes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the circulatory system with an emphasis on the blood clotting process, including coagulation and the formation and degradation of polymers through their underlying atomic properties. They learn about the...
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Humans Are Like Robots

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Four lessons related to robots and people present students with life sciences concepts related to the human body (including brain, nervous systems and muscles), introduced through engineering devices and subjects (including computers,...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Hypothalamus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia, Wikipedia, provides a brief open-source encyclopedic explanation of what the hypothalamus is and what its functions are. Links are provided throughout this paragraph along with a picture showing where the...
Graphic
Curated OER

Auditory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

Brodmann Areas, Lateral

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

[Olfactory Bulb and Epithelium]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

[Olfactory Cortex]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

[Olfactory Pathways]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

[Anteriolateral Touch Sensation System]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

Brodmann Area 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."
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Curated OER

Postcentral Gyrus Mappings

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from Benbest entitled "Chapter 6 -- Basic Cerebral Cortex Function Other than Vision."

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