THE BRAIN AND OUR SENSES Your brain controls everything you do. It communicates with your body, keeps your body functioning, and helps you think. It helps you do things you think about and also does things you DON'T think about. How does it communicate and keep your body working so smoothly? Check out these resources and find out! Check out your Brain at Your Gross & Cool Body: Brain , your Nervous System at Your Gross & Cool Body - Nervous System., and MEDtropolis - Virtual Body: The Human Brain
1. Read page 346 -351 in your Science Book. 2. Fill in the Brain Activity page then label the Brain Anatomy Diagram. 3. Each part of the brain is responsible for specific actions. What are they? Put a check in the correct column of the How Your Brain Works chart.
4. What is your brain made of? How much does it weigh? How does your brain communicate with your body? 5. What is your nervous system? What are nerves and what do they do? How do nerves pass along messages?To find out how the brain controls everything, go to Neuroscience for Kids: Lobes of the Brain. BONUS: Nervous System Activity BONUS: Take a short review quiz about the lobes of the brain.
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