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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Whale Brains Are Part Human

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research behind a brain cell discovered in humpback whales that is only found in human brains.
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Other

Get Body Smart: Human Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology

For Students 9th - 10th
The innovative tutorial investigates the human nervous system. Some topics explored are nerve cells, support cells, neurophysiology, brain, and spinal cord. Visual quizzes are also included.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Fore Brain or Prosencephalon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bartleby.com contains an intense, in-depth article from Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body on the fore-brain or prosencephalon. The article discusses the thalamus throughout and touches on its functions as a whole.
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Human Toolmaker

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you enjoy building airplanes, cars, houses, or robots with Lego blocks? Humans are the only animal species that can create complicated constructions from simple Lego blocks - our Lego building ability is "human-specific," since it is...
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SEDL

The Human Body [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A large PDF unit that teaches students about the human body systems. Incorporates many activities and integrates math and language arts.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Digging for Fossils: Studying Fossils as Evidence for Human Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As students dig for paper fossils, they make observations of brain size, teeth, hands, thumbs, trunks, pelvis, foot and big toes to determine characteristics of chimpanzees and humans. Then, they dig up and analyze a new fossil...
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Other

Temple University Med School: Ventricular System Development (Early)

For Students 9th - 10th
Upper-level explanation of early human ventricular system development. Provides interactive labeled diagrams and description of weeks 4, 5, and 6 in embryo development.
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Johns Hopkins University

New Horizons for Learning: Embryological Development

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, "Dr. Scheibel tells the fascinating story of how the brain develops in human beings from conception to birth. He makes clear that this complex, rapidly developing process is affected continually by the environment in...
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Other

Temple Univeristy Med School: Ventricular System Development (Late)

For Students 9th - 10th
Upper-level explanation of late human ventricular system development. Provides interactive labeled diagrams and descriptions at early, 4 months, and newborn stages.
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Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: The Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the main sections of the human brain, and how the structure or each relates to its function.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Biological Foundations

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual learning course on human biology and brain function and how it affects our behaviors. Extensive collection of engaging materials, assignments, and activities for review.
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Other

Danil Hammoudi, Md: Anatomy and Physiology Course

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has complete course material for a beginning human anatomy course and everything can be downloaded. There are readings and presentations on all the major systems and organs of the human body, with lots of detailed, labeled...
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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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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Dyslexia?

For Students 9th - 10th
Kelli Sandman-Hurley urges us to think again about dyslexic brain function and to celebrate the neurodiversity of the human brain. [4:35]
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Curated OER

Hybrid Medical Animation: Anatomy Reveal: Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustration of the human brain.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Central Nervous System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The central nervous system (CNS) is the largest part of the nervous system. It includes the brain and the spinal cord. The bony skull protects the brain. The spinal...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Nervous System in the Human Body

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of the Nervous System in the human body. Brain, spinal cord, and nerves communicate.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Human Body Systems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to some of the major organs of the human body. Visual aids provide focused information on the heart and circulatory system as well as the brain and the eye.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science and the Brain

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Describe the "mush-brain" effect, and test blindfolded subjects for their ability to identify items by smell. Explore the effect of biofeedback to help overcome illnesses, and attempt the mind-over-body techniques of visualizing and...
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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.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Your Threshold of Hearing

For Students 9th - 10th
How your ears and your brain turn the sound waves out there in the world into the experience of music in your head, remains a mystery to many, but yet we all experience and even enjoy sounds and music. If you're interested in doing a...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Twirls, Whirls, Spins, & Turns: Reflexes & Dizziness

For Students 9th - 10th
Tilt-A-Whirls, Merry-Go-Rounds, Spinning Tea Cups. Just the thought of these rides is enough to make someone dizzy, or queasy. Learn about spins, turns, and the mixed signals that fire in our brains when the sensation of dizziness takes...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Psychology and the Mind

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mind has fascinated and mystified humans for millennia. Delve into the science behind the brain with these works on philosophy, foundational psychology, and scientific studies. This collection includes 61 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12)...
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Giggling Rats Provide Insights Into Why Humans Are Ticklish

For Students 1st - 8th
Ready. Set. Laugh. What makes us giggle? Why are some people ticklish? What prompts us to laugh when we are tickled?

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