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Using pencils, students explore touch and temperature sensitivity by finding cool receptors on their skin. Optional: Display Frames may be purchased at... more
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Permission is granted for material on this site to be linked to, reproduced, or adapted for noncommercial, educational purposes, provided that the statement... more
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Science teachers and former BrainU participants, Kris Bakkum and Charlene Ellingson, are featured in this 4-minute video discussing the 5 levels of the Critical... more
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Need a way to introduce a unit? Want to get your students thinking deeply without even knowing they are doing so? Find a summative or provocative visual, diagram... more
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Cruise through hippocampal neuropil in a 5 min 15 sec video animating a section of a rat's brain and the synaptic connections created when the rat learns... more
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The brain physically changes when exposed to drugs. This activity utilizes scientific thinking and assessment without the need for laboratory equipment. Students... more
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Al disectar un cerebro de oveja los estudiantes logran apreciar la complejidad de un cerebro. Los estudiantes realizan observaciones, aprendiendo acerca de la... more
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The Stroop effect was first described in a 1935 article by American psychologist John Ridley Stroop who developed this task. At this station, students read read... more
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El orden en el cual se aprende información nueva determina que tan bien será recordada. Los estudiantes aprenden sobre la memoria a corto y largo plazo al... more
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This lesson is an introductory activity to be used in conjunction with a lesson on dissection. Students gain insight into the social context and complexity of... more
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Students design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the effects of alcohol (or nicotine) on zebrafish learning, a model neural system. This is... more
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Students create a tool with 2 points (eraser and 2 pins with plastic heads, for example) and work in pairs to test the sensitivity of the skin on their arms,... more
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Virtual Neurons is available as a flash video as well as a stand-alone application. This page contains instructions for getting the stand-alone application.... more
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... moreStudents design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the conditions for zebrafish, model neural system, to learn to recognize (or ignore) a... more
Students try to identify heads or tails on a penny by touch.
The student will raise questions about the natural world by: 1. observing and describing common objects using simple tools (Kindergarten)
To be healthy, the human body must maintain equilibrium in its many systems — e.g., levels of water and minerals in the blood, blood pressure, absorption of... more
Jan Dubinsky and Gillian Roehrig demonstrate how to use Altered Reality in a classroom to 2011 BrainU participants.
Video length: 10 minutes 34 seconds... more
Bead Neuron with Dr. Jan Dubinsky
Length: 18 minutes 22 seconds
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Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced... more