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Which Parts Of The Brain Do What? Video

Which Parts Of The Brain Do What?

4 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How did we figure out what parts of the brain are responsible for speaking, walking, and remembering? Young neurologists go back in time to witness the discoveries of Paul Broca, the first physician to conduct experiments to determine...
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How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain Video

How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain

5 mins 8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Did you know that playing music is the brain's equivalent to a full body workout? Learn about how the advancements in the studies of neuroscientists have brought us to a greater understanding of how playing an instrument dramatically...
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What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus? Video

What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus?

5 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Imagine not being able to remember what day it is or what food you had for breakfast this morning. This nightmare was a reality for Henry Molaison, whose life story is the focus of this video explaining how different parts of the...
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Pre-Assessment: The Brain Lesson Plan
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Pre-Assessment: The Brain

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Break your class in to the general structure and function of the brain. Brainiacs discuss what they know about it and create personalized brain development timelines. They also take a true-false, pre-assessment quiz to get them thinking...
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The Human Brain Lesson Plan

The Human Brain

3rd - 4th
Become familiar with how the brain works! This human body teaches how to recognize different parts of the brain through a coloring activity that focuses on what function each part performs. Each student makes a brain puzzle and creates a...
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Mapping the Brain Lesson Plan

Mapping the Brain

9th - 12th
A virtual 3-D tour leads students to developing icons representing the function of various parts of the brain. These icons are then used to label hand-drawn maps of the brain. A worksheet, assessment, and detailed procedures are included.
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Could Your Brain Repair Itself? Video
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Could Your Brain Repair Itself?

4 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Is your brain running a little slow? Just reboot it and you'll be good to go. This advice may sound ridiculous, but by watching this video you will learn how through a process called neurogenesis, adult brains are able repair and replace...
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Meet Your Brain Video
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Meet Your Brain

9 mins 6th - 12th
When learning about the brain, there are so many questions: Why is the brain wrinkly? What are the main regions of the brain? Do different parts of the brain do different things? How are children's brains and adult brains different? ...
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What Are Mini Brains? Video

What Are Mini Brains?

5 mins 6th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Scientists grow tiny brains outside an organism in their labs. How this is accomplished and why become the central focus of a video and discussion. After viewing the core lesson, ten questions check for content mastery and prepare young...
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Study Jams! The Nervous System Lesson Plan

Study Jams! The Nervous System

5th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
Get your class thinking with animations of neurons in action and explanations of how stimuli is transported and processed. This film makes an ideal introduction or review of the nervous system. The parts of the brain and what they...
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The Brain’s Inner Workings Unit
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The Brain’s Inner Workings

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Do you want to learn about how you learn? Help pupils become the best learners they can be by teaching them how their brain works. The resources available include videos about brain structure and a study guide full of activities that...
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The Brain and Nervous System
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The Brain and Nervous System

6th - 12th
Check out this 9-part unit on the human brain, focusing on neurons, the synaptic gap, the effect of hormones, and the importance of nutrients. You'll find seven lessons, a pre-assessment, and a post-assessment .
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The Brain: Explored
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The Brain: Explored

6th - 12th
Is there anymore more mysterious and wonderful than the human brain? Often, we have so many questions it's difficult to know where to begin. Check out this five-part video series on different aspects of the brain, hosted by Dr. David Eagleman. Keep in mind the videos vary in length from about 3 minutes to 11 minutes.
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How Playing Sports Benefits Your Body ... and Your Brain Video

How Playing Sports Benefits Your Body ... and Your Brain

4 mins 7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Exercising is undeniably beneficial for our brains and bodies. But how do these benefits compare to the participation and joining of a sports team? Watch an educational video to discover the psychological and health benefits of joining a...
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Sheep Brain Dissection Lesson Plan

Sheep Brain Dissection

5th - 12th
Bored with frog and earthworm dissections? Had your fill of fetal pigs? Anatomy young scholars will be intrigued by the sheep's brain, and you will be prepared with guiding questions, extension activities, and pictures as they dissect...
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Neural Network Signals Activities & Project
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Neural Network Signals

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Using a simple circuit with the battery representing the brain, future physiologists test to see which solutions conduct electrical "nerve impulses." Enlighten learners with plentiful information on electric signals in the nervous system...
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How the Brain Works Activities & Project

How the Brain Works

8th - 11th
Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, pituitary gland, and spinal cord. Prepare your class for a performance task assessment on the brain and how it works with a scripted plan that defines these terms and identifies the functions the parts...
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Brain Zoo Lesson Plan

Brain Zoo

9th - 12th
Who doesn't love a day at the zoo? Use an observation and inference lab to get young anatomists to recognize similarities between mammalian species based on brain structures. You provide the brains, this lesson provides set-up...
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The Science of Marijuana—How THC Affects the Brain Lesson Plan

The Science of Marijuana—How THC Affects the Brain

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewMarijuana can affect every part of a user's life—starting with the delicate nervous centers of the brain. An informative article and worksheet prompt teenagers to learn more about how the THC found in most forms of marijuana can...
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Diagnosing a Zombie: Brain and Body Video

Diagnosing a Zombie: Brain and Body

4 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Could zombies be driven by brain functions just like humans? This is a creative way to demonstrate to your class how we can use evidence and reasoning to diagnose particular situations, as well as to provide young learners with an...
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Human Body - Brain Power, part 1/4 Video

Human Body - Brain Power, part 1/4

11 mins 9th - 12th
In an emergency, your brain works overtime to process more information in a smaller amount of time, almost as if you were slowing time down. The job of a firefighter requires this kind of fight-or-flight response and quick thinking. The...
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How Does Your Memory Work? Part 1/3 Video

How Does Your Memory Work? Part 1/3

10 seconds 9th - 12th
"Just as you don't know how you breathe, you don't know how you remember." So begins this video on memory. Memory is such an important function of the brain, and if it ceases to work, we cease to be who we once were. How does this work?...
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Food for the Brain Lesson Plan
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Food for the Brain

6th - 12th
With a couple of neat diagrams on student handouts, your life science or health class will examine the contents and serving sizes of healthy foods. They dissect a slice of pizza and scrutinize the nutritional value of its components in...
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Post-Assessment: Brain Chemistry Lesson Plan
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Post-Assessment: Brain Chemistry

6th - 12th
If you have implemented this fabulous brain chemistry unit in its entirety, you should have saved the pre-assessment quizzes from day one. In this assignment, individual learners go back over their original answers, and correct any...
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