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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Where Do Lizards Go for Lunch?

For Students 9th - 10th
You've probably heard about differences between the left brain and the right brain in people. One hypothesis has it that brain lateralization evolved as a survival mechanism in animals with eyes on the sides of their heads. One eye could...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tail Wagging and Brain Lateralization

For Students 9th - 10th
The left brain is supposed to be better at language, and organizing sequential actions, the right brain is supposed to be better at visualizing orientations in space, making and listening to music, and deciphering the emotions of others....
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Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Why Right Brained Is Wrong Brained

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This video discusses the myth of being pegged right brained or left brained and how this can pigeonhole students from an early age. Science may be seen as a left-brained, however, you need many right-brained elements such as...
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Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Your Left Handed Brain

For Students 3rd - 8th
An article about why some people are left-handed.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Left Brain vs. Right Brain Myth

For Students 9th - 10th
How did the idea that one side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body come about, and what does it get wrong? Elizabeth Waters looks into this long held misconception.