This PBS special explores the brain from birth to old age. Take a look at snapshots of brain development at birth, as a child, as a teenager, as an adult, and in old age.

This site provides a list of links to information on different types of drugs. Content on the pages include information about the drug itself, effects the drug has on the brain, common street names for the drug, and legal status.

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.

Learn all about the brain and how it works in this interactive teaching aid that highlights the anatomy and function of the brain using colorful animated illustrations.

This site provides interesting data about how drugs alter the brain. Find facts, pictures, and animations to help portray the critical information about drugs of abuse. Also link to teacher resources and lesson plans.

What weighs 3 pounds at maturity and is faster than any computer? If you don't know then use this site about the brain. Get great information and diagrams about the brain. Available in Spanish.

Learn about new techniques for mapping the brain and how these new techniques can help researchers build a better undersanding of the brain.

An image of an MRI scan illustrating the anatomy of the brain. Click on the regions to identify them on the image. To find out what each region is, click on the "i."

Sara Garofalo explains how some drugs can alter the communication between cells in the brain.

Practice questions over language location in the brain in regards to ASL.

An physiologically and chemically illustrated presentation of pleasurable stimuli and the reward pathways followed in the brain. Also explained are studies of addiction that seem to take over a rational mind.

From the PBS series, this history traces our quest to understand the human brain with an extensive timeline.

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

Contains plans for eight cross-curricular lessons that teach about memory and the brain using Li-Young Lee's poem "Mnemonic." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used...

Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows...

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...

Discusses the mechanism by which drugs effect the brain. Contains links which discuss other aspects of drug addiction.

Through scientific inquiry this module introduces many concepts about the brain, its functions, and its importance in the sense of self. Included are a teacher's guide, interactive student web activities, and resources.

Practice questions over the effects of stroke on the brain.

Features great games to wake up the brain. Test your knowledge of words, numbers, vocabulary, and more while having fun.

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

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

This is a link to a book posted on the internet which discusses many different drugs and their effects on the brain. Also provides some discussion on the influences of different drugs and neurotransmitters in reference to different brain...

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).