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Activities | Getting our heads around the brain

  • Public Broadcasting Service (USA)
    • Probe the brain – students learn about the brain's motor cortex. Click on 'Probe the brain activity' for an on-screen demonstration showing which parts of the motor cortex control different parts of the body.
      (Note: The activity requires Shockwave.)

  • National Institutes of Health (USA)

  • NASA (USA)

  • Access Excellence (USA)

  • Newton's Apple (USA)
    • Brain mapping
    • Brain – students build a model of a neuron.
    • Memory – students exercise observation and memory skills.

  • Science upd8, UK
    • Love on the brain – students investigate which areas of the brain are active when you are in love. The same areas are deactivated during depression and sadness.
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