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, fingers, and hands.

Using pencils, students explore touch and temperature sensitivity by finding cool receptors on their skin. Optional: Display Frames may be purchased at www.displays2go.com/product.asp?ID=520 or you may call to order them at 1-800-572-2194

Suggested keywords to use when describing your experiment and to find more information on this subject include: primary sensory cortex, cortical homunculus, thermoreceptor, and brain topographic map.

Students discuss the ethics of neuromarketing.

Students explore the connection between the 5 senses and the brain by exercising each sense in short experiments.

Students explore emotions and the behavioral aspects of empathy through mirroring the emotions of other students while watching emotionally evocative videos.