Homework Assignment Sheet for Unit 3
Circle: The song that just gets you moving.
Hand back tests:
1) At your table identify at least one question you got wrong on the test that is now clear how you made the mistake.
2) At you table explain why you think you made the mistake.
3) Be ready to report out to the class your incorrect question and what you did wrong in answering it.
4) What changes are you going to make in your note-taking, class discussions, and study strategies.
5) Share at your table and be ready to report out.
Activity: Draw, label and explain all the parts of a neuron. This is due on Monday October 7th.
Unit 3: The Brain-Everything Psychological is simultaneously Biological
Learning Targets:
What are neurons, and how do they transmit information?
How do nerve cells communicate with other nerve cells?
How do neurotransmitters influence behavior, and how do drugs and other chemicals affect neurotransmission?
What are the functions of the nervous system’s main divisions?
How does the endocrine system – the body’s slower information system – transmit its messages?
How do neuroscientists study the brain’s connections to behavior and mind?
What are the functions of important lower-level brain structures?
What functions are served by the various cerebral cortex regions
What do split brains reveal about the functions of our two brain hemispheres?Review: What was the purpose behind these activities?
Activity: Introduction to the brain and neuroscience. David Eagleman.
Activity: Reaction Time
Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain
True-False Activity: 7-1
Mind Body Connection Activity: We know that everything psychological is simultaneously biological. What implications can you draw about the brain and its structure from the following three examples: In groups of three what are some of the implications of the following information?
Shawn Achor Video
Harvard Study
NPR Story:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444451363/childhood-stress-may-prime-pump-for-chronic-disease-later
ACES Video
Very useful video's about the Brain:
1.Crash Course- The Chemical Mind
2.Crash Course- Meet Your Master
3.Neurons- How They Work
4.Pinky and the Brain
5.What is an fMRI
6.Stabbed in the brain- Phineas Gage
7.Expressive Aphasia- Sarah Scott
8.The Phenomenon of Neuroplasticity
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