Curated OER
The Human Brain's Capacity for Language
Incorporate this slide show into your lecture about speech, language, psychology, or physiology. Addressing the structure of the brain as well as handedness and aphasia, the presentation could fit the needs of many different lecturers....
Curated OER
Brain Awareness Week
Students explore human anatomy by completing a list of activities over five days. In this brain science lessons, students examine images of brains and identify the different parts. Students complete an in-class quiz regarding brain...
Curated OER
How We Learn About the Brain: Teaching the Infant Brain
Students describe the development of an infant from conception to birth. In this biology lesson, students discover how a child's brain develop. They explain how children acquire motor and cognitive skills.
Curated OER
Anatomy of the Brain
Students explore human anatomy by completing a quiz. In this brain lesson, students read assigned text which discusses the different elements of the human brain and how they are used in everyday experiences. Students answer a multiple...
Curated OER
It's All in Your Mind
Learners examine the brain. In this anatomy lesson, students engage in 2 activities that allow them to explore how to protect and optimize their brain health.
Curated OER
Brain Manipulative Model
Students visualize the major human brain divisions by using a manipulative puzzle to discover the names and functions of the regions. They use this hands-on anatomy aid to study the braqin regions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Zombie Autopsies: The Neuroanatomy of a Zombie
In this instructional activity, 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...
About Kids Health
About Kids Health: An Overview of the Brain
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.
Other
National Museum of Health and Medicine: Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections
This resource could be used for higher level biology or anatomy classes. There are over 100 different species of mammals represented and each has information about physical characteristics, distribution, and pictures of the brain. There...
Other
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.
Other
Coping Skills for Kids: Brain Works Project
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Introduction to Neuroanatomy
College-level online biology course focusing on the anatomy of the human brain. Course highlights include an intensive introduction to neuroanatomy. Course features include lecture notes outline, quizzes, study notes, and an extensive...
University of Oxford (UK)
Oxford University: The Structure of the Brain
This report is entitled "The Structure of the Brain." Scroll down to section 3.2.3 for more on brain anatomy.
Other
Waiting: About Brain Injury: A Guide to Brain Anatomy
This website by Attorney Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. provides a video [2:49] "Brain Anatomy Begins with the Skull", descriptions of the parts of the brain, diagrams, and links to a variety of resources about brain functions and brain injury.
Science Daily
Science Daily: Researchers Image Language Recovery After Stroke
This article from ScienceDaily illustrates a recent medical study where researchers at Washington University have identified and imaged language areas of the brain in recovery after stroke.
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.
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health: The Brain: What's Going on in There?
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...
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."
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.
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.
Other
Coping Skills for Kids: Amazing Brain Facts
Did you know your brain has enough power to illuminate a light bulb? Featured at this fun site are 20 amazing facts you can learn about your brain.