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Johns Hopkins Medicine: About Radiosurgery
Frequently asked questions about Radiosurgery, a common treatment method of brain tumors. Find out what it is, it's role in the world of medicine and more details.
Other
Get Body Smart: Human Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology
The innovative tutorial investigates the human nervous system. Some topics explored are nerve cells, support cells, neurophysiology, brain, and spinal cord. Visual quizzes are also included.
Harvard University
Harvard Medical School: Hypothalamus
CT scan identifying the hypothalamus. Also identifies some other brain structures.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: The Nervous System
Learn about the main sections of the human brain, and how the structure or each relates to its function.
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Neurociencias Para Ninos / Neuroscience for Kids
Learn about the brain and brain science using this Spanish version of the excellent Neuroscience for Kids site. Translation of the site is a work in progress. Portions are in Spanish but links for many pages still lead to the English...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: The Brain
Learn about the brain, spinal cord, and brain cells at this thorough yet easy to read site. Simple sentence construction is used to explain the structure and function of this body system. A glossary is just a click away to explain...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: The Brain
Learn about the brain, spinal cord, and brain cells at this thorough yet easy to read site. Simple sentence construction is used to explain the structure and function of this body system. A glossary is just a click away to explain...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science of Baseball: Biological Baseball
Younger students learn that hitting a baseball requires the use of various brain to body reaction activities and how those compare to the instincts and actions of animals.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: How Does the Nervous System Help Us Respond? Ocr 21 C
This lesson focuses on the areas of the brain and the functions of each area. It includes a diagram of the brain with areas labeled, a table of the functions of the areas, and a link to a test.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How the Food You Eat Affects Your Brain
Which foods cause you to feel tired after lunch? Or so restless at night? Mia Nacamulli takes you into the brain to find out. [4:52]
Frontiers Media
Frontiers: Hitting a Baseball Needs the Brain
We tend to think about sports and games as if they were physical activities that depend on strength and speed, and reading and math problems as if they were mental activities that depend on being brainy and smart. It's true that hitting...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Drugs Affect the Brain?
Sara Garofalo explains how some drugs can alter the communication between cells in the brain.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Arboviral Encephalitides
Resource describes several different kinds of encephalitis in detail.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Central Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers parts of the central nervous system and their functions.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls1 8: Information Processing
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-LS1-8: information processing.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Science of the Body
Introduce students to how the body looks and works with these texts on biology and genetics. This collection includes 20 Grade-Leveled texts (5-10) on the topic of Science of the Body. [Free account registration required for specific...
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Brain Line: Brain Basics
Three roll-over diagrams of the brain highlight its parts. In accompanying display panes, learn about the functions that each highlighted part is responsible for and about problems that can occur if that part of the brain is damaged.
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.
Harvard University
Harvard Medical: The Whole Brain Atlas: Neuroimaging
Hundreds of images of brain structures are here, including normal and diseased brain parts.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Nervous System
An animal's response to a stimulus is coordinated by its central nervous system (CNS). Neurons carry electrical impulses, and are connected by synapses. Some drugs and toxins affect how impulses pass from one neuron to the next across a...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Causes Hallucinations?
Elizabeth Cox details the science of hallucinations.
British Council
British Council: How to Memorise Anything
Do you have a good memory? Watch this video to find out how to improve your memory and then play a short game.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Structure of the Central Nervous System
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Structure of the Central Nervous System."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.43 Peripheral Nervous System
Understand the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system in the human body.