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Rainer Goebel

Brain Tutor 3D

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
The human brain is staggeringly complex, and its structure can seem impossible to grasp. This user-friendly app allows for exploration of the brain's anatomy, providing nomenclature, 3-D mapping, and functions. 
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Brain Power

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students investigate the anatomy and function of the human brain. Students read facts about the parts of the brain and what each does. Students compare the size of the human brain to that of other animals....
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The Brain

For Students 4th - 6th
For this brain worksheet, students read about the brain, its four parts, and their functions, and answer comprehension questions. In this fill in the blank and true and false worksheet, students answer thirteen questions.
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Exploring the Left and Right Sides of the Brain

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore the Human brain. Students become familiar with the left and right hemispheres of the human brain and engage in activities that activate powers that are dominant in each hemisphere.
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Watch Your Thoughts! Diagnostic Imaging and the Brain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the structure and function of the brain and the diagnostic imaging technologies used in brain research. They complete a worksheet and discuss their findings.
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Left and Right Brains

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the part of the brain known as the corpus callosum. The part of the brain that connects the left and right brain, students investigate its functions and how data passes from one side to another.
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Sheep Brain Dissection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the brain and examine what the functions of the major functions are.  In this investigative lesson students dissect a sheep's brain and note the similarities and differences between it and a humans brain. 
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Opening Our Minds

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the function of the brain. In this biology lesson, students participate in several experiments to demonstrate what part of the brain controls their movements. An example of an experiment is drawing with their dominant...
Organizer
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Sheep Brain Lab

For Students 10th - 11th
In this sheep brain lab, students identify the internal and external anatomy of a sheep's brain. Students complete several tables describing the function of given structures. Students also label the brain with 5 chosen structures.
Worksheet
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The Nervous System

For Students Higher Ed
In this nervous system worksheet, students review the structure and function of the central nervous system. This worksheet has 1 drawing and 17 fill in the blank statements.
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The Nervous System from A to Z

For Students 7th - 12th
In this nervous system alphabet book worksheet, learners study 26 neuroscience terms as they read the 26 terms and their definitions in the glossary. Some of the terms included are: receptor, unipolar, white matter, axon, hemisphere,...
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Bridge

Mercury - Mercury is Rising

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Hold a discussion in your class about the increase in mercury being found in fish that are caught commercially as food for humans. Given a worksheet, learners then calculate how much fish a person can safely eat each month to remain...
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Nervous System Introductory Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
For this nervous system worksheet, students answer thirty short answer questions about the structures and functions of the nervous system and its subsystems.
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Brain Word Scramble

For Students 7th - 12th
In this brain word scramble worksheet, students unscramble 10 sets of letters to form the words: hemisphere, lobe, cortex, gyrus, skull, neuron, brain, dura, fiber, and sulcus.
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Brain Word Scramble

For Students 7th - 12th
In this brain word scramble instructional activity, students unscramble 10 sets of letters to form the words: hemisphere, lobe, cortex, gyrus, skull, neuron, brain, dura, fiber, and sulcus. A word bank is included.
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Human Anatomy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use the web to explain how the bones serve as protection for organs in the body and recognize some of the bone structure that protect certain organs. They comprehend the different structure and functions of support tissue...
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The Talk Show: A Bioethical Dilemma About Neurological Disorders

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore neurological societal problems. They research, collect information and assess the ramifications of ethical, economic, political, and social issues. During a talk show simulation, students present their decisions.
Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Lobes of the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Site dealing with lobes of the brain. Links to various other sites with lots of information.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Brain: Teaching Modules

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of 32 video learning modules on everything to do with the brain.
Handout
Harvard University

Harvard Medical: The Whole Brain Atlas: Neuroimaging

For Students 9th - 10th
Hundreds of images of brain structures are here, including normal and diseased brain parts.
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Other

American Speech Language Hearing Association: Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a general but helpful outline of information on right hemisphere brain damage, a cognitive-communication disorder. The outline includes discussion of characteristics and treatment.