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.

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....

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).

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.

Video explores diagnosing a zombie by relating its symptoms to various human brain and behavior disorders. [3:44] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.

Students 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...

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

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...

Look through this online pamphlet to find brain exercises as well as explanations of how the brain works. Very complete and fun to read.

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.

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...

Eight slides demonstrate the human brain. Please know that the descriptive narrative is fairly short for each slide subject.

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

Detailed color images of the human brain, both normal and with various brain diseases, including Alzheimer's, Huntington's, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and AIDS dementia.

[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...

Do you know all the activities your brain controls? This website explores brain images, brain anatomy, and PET procedure to allow students to get a better understanding of the brain. The website contains interactive activities and videos...

A very good comparative study of the sheep brain to our brain. Looking for "Memory", or more precisely the location of memory in the brain.

With the challenge to program computers to mimic the human reaction after touching a hot object, students program LEGO robots to "react" and move back quickly once their touch sensors bump into something. By relating human senses to...

Video explores diagnosing a zombie by relating its symptoms to various human brain disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. [3:47] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.

College-level online biology course focusing on the anatomy of the human brain. Course highlights include an intensive introduction to neuroanatomy. Course features include lecture notes outline, quizzes, study notes, and an extensive...

Compare and contrast the shape and size of a Homo floresiensis brain with the brain of a chimp and a modern human.