Lessons: Classroom

Our Neuroscience Concepts and Activities pages can aid you in your curriculum planning. They are organized by grade level:

The scaffolding of these concepts does not follow any particular published set of standards. They come from Dr. Janet Dubinsky's experience in the BrainU, Brain Awareness Week, and Brain Bee programs. Some text was taken from the Neuroscience Core Concepts, Society for Neuroscience www.brainfacts.org/About-Neuroscience/Core-Concepts.

Click on Suited For to group lessons together by type; click on Title to sort lessons by name. The little arrow to the right of the column name indicates how the data is sorted.

Use these links to see only lessons for: the Classroom, the Laboratory, or Experiential Stations.

Title Grade Lesson Length Suited for Lesson Categories
Activities for Review K-12 1 class Classroom
Addiction 5-12 1-2 classes Classroom Addiction
Altered Reality 5-8 1-2 classes Classroom Motor Learning, Plasticity, Experiment, Cognitive Processing
Attention and Sensory Processing 9-12 1 class Classroom Senses, Cognitive Processing
Balance: The Ears Have It 5-8 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Observation, Senses, Experiment, Cognitive Processing
Bead Neuron 5-12 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Synapses
Beautiful Brain: Brain Inspiration 5-9 1 class Classroom Art, Anatomy, Observation, Writing
Beautiful Brain: Do You See What I See? 5-9 1 class Classroom Art, Anatomy
Beautiful Brain: Step Inside the Brain 5-9 1 class Classroom Art, Anatomy, Observation
Beautiful Brain: Strangest Dream 5-9 1 class Classroom Art, Writing, Observation, Anatomy
Bird Song: Variety in Communication K 1-2 classes Classroom Cognitive Processing, Motor Learning
Brain Zoo 9-12 1-2 classes Classroom Anatomy
C. elegans and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life 9-12 8-9 classes Classroom Experiment
Card Sort Challenge 9-12 1 class Classroom Cognitive Processing, Experiment
Choosing How to Learn 4-12 1 class Classroom Plasticity, Agency, Experiment, Cognitive Processing
Classroom of the Future? An Ethical Discussion 4-12 1 class Classroom Cognitive Processing, Ethics, Writing, Technology
Connect the Neurons! 5-8 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Synapses, Plasticity
Critical Response Protocol K-12 1 class Classroom Observation, Art, Cognitive Processing
Dendritic Spines Lab 9-12 1-2 classes Classroom Homeostasis, Addiction, Experiment, Plasticity, Synapses
Efectos de Recencia y Primacía 4-12 1 class Classroom Experiment, Cognitive Processing, Memory, Memoria, Plasticity, Synapses, Sinapsis
Ethics of Dissection 9-12 1-2 classes Classroom Dissection, Ethics, Cognitive Processing
Homeostasis 5-12 1 class Classroom Homeostasis, Experiment
Inquiry Cubes 5-12 1 class Classroom Cognitive Processing
Makes Me Sweat 9-12 1 class Classroom Cognitive Processing, Experiment, Homeostasis
Manduca sexta Wax Model 5-8 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Anatomy
Memory Items 4-12 1 class Classroom Memory, Experiment
Mindflex Activity 9-12 2-3 classes Classroom Cognitive Processing, Experiment, Technology
Mirror Image 4-12 1 class Classroom Memory, Motor Learning, Plasticity, Experiment
Mirroring Emotions 9-12 1 class Classroom Experiment
Modelo de Neurona de Cuentas o Mostacillas 5-12 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Synapses, Modelos y Hacer de Modelo, Sinapsis
Motor Learning and Memory 4-12 1 class Classroom Memory, Motor Learning, Plasticity
Neuropathfinding: Kinesthetic Model 5-12 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Memory
Neurotransmission Model 9-12 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Synapses
Phantom Limb 5-12 1 class Classroom Cognitive Processing, Experiment, Senses
Recency and Primacy Effects 4-12 1 class Classroom Memory, Plasticity, Experiment, Cognitive Processing
Virtual Neurons 5-12 1-2 classes Classroom Models and Model Building, Synapses, Homeostasis, Observation, Plasticity, Experiment, Cognitive Processing
Ways of Knowing 9-12 1 class Classroom Models and Model Building, Agency, Cognitive Processing
WebQuest: Structure of the Nervous System 9-12 1-2 classes Classroom Anatomy, Synapses, Cognitive Processing
Welcome To Your Senses K-3 1 class Classroom Memory, Senses, Experiment
What's the Deal? Addiction Card Game 9-12 1 class Classroom Addiction, Agency, Cognitive Processing, Experiment
Whose Choice Is It Anyway? 5-8 1 class Classroom Memory, Ethics, Agency, Cognitive Processing, Experiment
Your Incredible Memory 5-12 1 class Classroom Memory, Plasticity, Cognitive Processing