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Worksheet
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GED Vocabulary: Life Science

For Students 9th - 12th
In this life science worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given eight clues about and a word bank about cloning, evolution, the human brain, photosynthesis and the respiratory system.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers: The World of Physical Science

For Students 5th - 8th
Challenge your class with these physical science puzzlers, twisters, and teasers. Each individual responds to a series of riddle-style questions that are related to scientific terminology. While this has little educational value, it...
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PPT
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Brain Train

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A lengthy presentation on geometric reflections is here for your young geometers. Learners consider a shape, then must choose between four reflections to find the one that is a true vertical, horizontal, or diagonal reflection of the...
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Lesson Plan
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Brain Injury

For Teachers K - 6th
Students study safety and witness a tragic egg accident to see the effect of not wearing a helmet. They create helmets for their own eggs using paper, styrofoam, or anything else that cushions the egg and drop the protected egg.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Brain Teasers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fraction story problem activity, learners read the 6 story problems and write the answers on the lines provided. The problems all involve fractions.
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Lesson Plan
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Anatomy of the Brain

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore the brain. For this science lesson, students view a diagram of the brain and discuss the various regions of the brain. Students discuss the importance of protecting the brain and design a protective covering.
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Lesson Plan
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Making a Brain: Aritifical Neural Network

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore how the brain works. In this nervous system lesson, students create a network of "neurons" to simulate how the nervous system and the brain work together.
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Lesson Plan
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Brain Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the discoveries that were made in the brain in the 1960's and compare them to the effects of today.  In this brain development lesson students divide into groups and participate in several activities that help them to...
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Worksheet
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Top of the Heap Brain Teaser

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this brain teaser worksheet, students color and cut out the large squares to use for the puzzle. Students assemble their squares to create the pattern and give directions.
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Lesson Plan
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The Brain: What's Going on in There?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine images of human brains that illustrate that specific regions of the brain regulate specific functions. They extend that knowledge to examine how drugs of abuse activate an area of the brain called the reward system.
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Unit Plan
Kenan Fellows

Unit 3: How Drugs Enter/Exit the Body

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The third of a four-part series on Pharmacology teaches scholars how drugs enter and exit the body, how they act inside the body, how they affect the brain, and more. Over the course of the unit, groups complete two labs and one...
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Lesson Plan
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Phineas Gage: Assessment Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Close up your study of Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science with a letter-writing assignment. Pupils prepare by journaling and sharing with a partner. They then compose letters that focus on a big idea from the...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Welcome To Your Senses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell—oh the world of senses! What do these five senses have to do with the brain? The answer: everything. Explore how the brain sends and receives messages by having the class participate in several sense...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Classroom Activities: Mirror-Tracing Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What does it take to train your brain? Learners explore the question as they experiment with their own memory and motor skills. They attempt to trace an object using a mirror and then score their results over several trials. They then...
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Lesson Plan
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Phineas Gage: Four Corners Discussion Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How far do your pupils think we should go in the name of science? Class members respond to questions relating to chapter three of Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science and then participate in a four corners...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Motor Learning and Memory

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What do our brains have to do with reaction timing? Everything! In a hands-on learning activity, young scientists participate in four card activities that measure reaction timing. Each activity gets progressively more complex, and...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Attention and Sensory Processing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ever wondered how your brain manages all of the information it receives every second of every day? The sights, the sounds, the smells ... each one filed away for later use or moved to the front of the line so your body can react. Through...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Mindflex Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Control a ball with your mind! Using a headset with an electrode, learners adjust the movement of a ball. They develop an experiment that tests the involvement of the central nervous system in controlling the ball. The activity helps to...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Ways of Knowing: Apples as Models

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use apples as a way of thinking about models. Young scientists consider how the word apple, a two-dimensional drawing, a three-dimensional image, a photograph, and plastic apples all model real apples in preparation for developing models...
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Lesson Plan
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Mirror Image

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Why does practice make perfect? Give your class insight into procedural memory, where we learn to do new things — then continue to improve through repetition. By attempting to draw shapes while looking in a mirror, learners observe their...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Analyzing Main Ideas and Supporting Details: “Growing Up Digital”

For Teachers 7th Standards
Young scholars continue their exploration of adolescent brain development by reading an informational text, "Growing Up Digital," by Matt Richtel. Then, with partners, they complete note-catcher worksheets to capture the article's main...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's All in Your Mind

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the brain. In this anatomy lesson plan, students engage in 2 activities that allow them to explore how to protect and optimize their brain health.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's All in Your Mind

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the characteristics that an elderly person may develop in their life.  In this brain changes instructional activity students evaluate activity status to determine if changes need to be made to promote a healthy brain later...
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Brain Health & Brain Anatomy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study possible causes of dementia.  In this brain analysis lesson students participate in several activities about dementia.