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Dana Sourcebook of Brain Science: It's Mindboggling!
Look through this online pamphlet to find brain exercises as well as explanations of how the brain works. Very complete and fun to read.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Brain and Nervous System
The parts of the brain and the anatomy of the nervous system and how they function are explained. An interactive diagram shows the location of various parts of the brain from three different perspectives, and summarizes what each does....
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Learning Brain: Neuroscience
This series of videos introduces students to the brain, including why it is so special, its parts and functions and how it recalls memories and stores new information. Other videos explain how the brain processes sensory information and...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Brain: Communication
How does information from different parts of the body reach the brain? In this lesson young scholars discover that their brains receive and act on information from inside and outside the body, and that the senses gather and process...
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Society for Neuroscience: Brain Facts [Pdf]
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).
Harvard University
Harvard Medicine: The Whole Brain
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.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Grammar Gorillas
Click on the noun or verb in each sentence and check out your score! With definitions of parts of sentences for reference. With a link to other fun games for students.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Parts of the Nervous System
This site provides a great deal of information about the nervous system. In particular, the tools used to teach about the brain are helpful and effective.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kids Health: El Cerebro Y El Sistema Nervioso
Learn about the different parts of the brain. The page is also available in English.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connect: The Truth About Your Brain
At the end of this activity, students will be able to understand how your brain changes and grows when you challenge yourself to learn new things. There are 3 parts to this LearnStorm growth mindset activity.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Mapping 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."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Learn: The Truth About Your Brain
Forty years ago, we seemed to know more about the Moon than we did about how our own brains work. Not anymore! We're excited to share some new discoveries with you. So, how does the brain work?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reflect: The Truth About Your Brain
Learning and practicing help strengthen and change our brains. Watch a short video and complete reflection questions on how your brain continues to grow.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Make Up Your Mind: Mind Mapping
Investigate the pseudoscience of phrenology and its attempt to organize and assign different purposes to different parts of the brain. Create a phrenology chart on a bathing cap and compare it to modern understanding of brain function...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Visualize One Part Per Million
Parts per million is a scientific unit of measurement that counts the number of units of one substance per one million units of another. But because it's hard to conceptualize really large numbers, it can be difficult to wrap our brains...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Brain
Learn fun and interesting facts about the brain, its parts, how it communicates, and memory.
PBS
Pbs: Brain Geography
Become a brain geographer and learn the parts of your brain. This web site creates an interactive way to explore the center of our thoughts. Just click on each part to learn more.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Brains, Brains, Brains
Have some fun with this site and see if you can find out which brain picture goes with each of the nine animals named. Answers provided.
Harvard University
Harvard Medical: The Whole Brain Atlas: Neuroimaging
Hundreds of images of brain structures are here, including normal and diseased brain parts.
Other
Alzheimer's Association: Interactive Tour of the Brain
Follow this two-part interactive tour of the brain. The first gives you brain basics; the second shows how the brain is affected throughout the stages of Alzheimer's disease.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Brain Basics
The brain isn't just one big blob sitting in the head, it's actually divided into many distinct parts. Know the names of the major regions of the brain and identify them on a diagram.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Brain Cross Section Game
An interactive labeling exercise helps students practice naming parts of the human brain.
Other
Coalition for Juvenile Justice: Implications of Adolescent Brain Dev't [Pdf]
The first in a two-part presentation of research findings with potential to inform and improve juvenile justice and delinquency prevention policy and practice.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Zombie Autopsies: The Neuroanatomy of a Zombie
In this lesson, students look at the brain of a zombie, and in the process learn about the characteristics of a healthy brain. They take part in a Neurotransmitter Dance Party to learn how neurons communicate. Includes downloadable...