• Mar. 4, 2008
Theres No Brain about it..
Ok ok , if you have heard this faze before its
actually Theres no bones about it but for my entry today
it's all about BRAINS...
Awhile ago our Co-op attended a field trip to
a neuro Science lab. We had such a great time
that when it came time to teach a class I decided
to teach about the Nervous system. If you want
to see the lab and a real human brain check out
the link in my categories section and click Science.
Half way down the page you'll find the Science lab
entry. Its worth a peek I have actual photos of a
real human brain.
And so began our journey of the brain . The lesson
I created were for children 8 years and up. Enjoy.
We created a brain notebook. This is the cover.
My photo doesnt do it justice. It was clear.
I am not sure what happens to them sometimes
from pc to blogger but oh well. The
Cover and many of the sheets I used are in
my file share folder. The link for that is also on
My side bar. I used clipart from Micrsoft.
Thats my favorite place to get clip art. It downloads
directly to my microsoft programs.
DAY1
-We talked about our bodies as God
would want us to take care of them. What a wonderful
complicated Gift God has provided us. (wkst. in file share)
-Learned about the 3 main parts of the nervous system and
labeled a body from an outline. Brain, spinal cord, nerves
-In voluntary and Voluntary reactions of nerves. Played
a game using charades to guess which reaction was
being acted out and then choosing the correct category.
(wkst in file share)
-Talked about the 5 senses and how they are
connected to the nervous system. We zoned in
on one the sense of taste and did a taste
testing experiment. I had four samples salt,
sugar, vinegar, and grapefruit juice. We used a
q-tip and dipped it into the solutions mixed with
a bit of water and tried to find where that
taste on our tongue was most prominate.
We labeled a tongue where we tasted these things.
- Lastly for that day I brought in live earth worms
and we tested what their reactions was to different
things. Their how their nervous system works.
We shined a flash light at them, yelled loud,
left them smell nail polish remover and vinegar.
They actually liked the vinegar. We came to
the conclusion that they probably liked it because it
was natural.
DAY 2
-We talked about the nerves and the Neurons
and went over the functions of the Neurons.
-We did a worksheet from this site. Brain worksheets
We also created a Neuron from pipe cleaners and labeled them
from this site. Nervous system models
DAY 3
- made a brain from salt flour dough.
-learned about the 4 Lobes of the brain .
Labeled and painted them onto our dough creation.
The dough creation was actually started on the 2nd day.
- Brain connection game - I labeled on paper brain,
spine, right leg, left leg, right arm , left arm, eyes, nose, mouth,
etc.. Then had each child stand and create the illusion of a person.
I then gave them activies such as scratching their right arm. The brain
would touch the spinal cord then the right arm . To show how the
direction is processed. The kids had a great time with this one.
-learned Facts on the brain
-Talked about hour delicate our brain is and the
covering. Talked about wearing bike helmets.
I brought and egg in and told them it was representing
our brains. I dropped the egg. Then the children
created helmets for the egg so when it fell
It would not be harmed. I gave them paper towels,
cotton balls, tape, tissue anything soft.
-After dropping it onto some newspaper we opened them
over a trash can to see if they had broken.
Princess stayed whole.
Day 4 (last day)
-finished up on the brain and its parts
- did an experiment to try to trick our brains.
One was writing a word in a different color and
then trying to look at the word and only say the color
Of the word. We found this trickier than the actually
reading the words.
- We reviewed reflexes and the children
dropped rulers and measured how quick their
reaction time was.
-We made a matching game with
all the terms of the brain on them. We wrote
the term on one card and the definition on the
other. Then played as if you were playing matching.
You lay all the cards face down. Then pick two at
a time looking for their match. Good way to become
familiar with terms. I allowed them to have their notes.
-To see and review what we learned I
had questions written up . The boys played against
the girls and we saw how fast they could answer
the review questions.
It was a lot of fun to create and I think the kids enjoyed it too.
Other links I used...
NeuroScience for Kids
Brain Facts
Gods Master piece
Kids Konnect Human body
Nervous system
Comments
• Mar. 4, 2008
Brain Project
Posted by Lachney1
WOW! You did a great job teaching about the brain. I would have liked to been in your class. I believe that your students learned a great deal from your class.
Great Job!
