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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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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Virtual Neurophysiology Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the nervous system by looking at nerve cells in this virtual lab. This lab exercise allows students to experience a virtual dissection of a leech to use electronic equipment to explore the electrical activity of nerve cells....
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Neuroscience for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Created for all students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system, this extensive University of Washington site offers information, resources, games, and activities galore. Offers dozens of links to related sites.
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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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Other

Health Talk Online: Chronic Pain

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive resource contains individual video interviews with medical professionals and a number of people who have experienced chronic pain. What is chronic pain? What different approaches are used to manage pain? What type of...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Electricity, Frankenstein, & the Spark of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using an online exhibition, investigate how Mary Shelley's horror science fiction story, Frankenstein, reflects the knowledge and studies of electricity, and how those fictional ideas are used in modern medicine.