November 9th Pod A and 12th Pod B

November 9th and 12th Monday and Thursday 

Homework Assignment Sheet Unit 3

Circle Question: What is something you think will be easier about your life when you are an adult?

Questions from Unit 3A you need to know for the test:
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?

 

Questions from 3B you need to know for the test

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?

 

Confusing your brain

True or False?

Note Cards

Activity: You are going to become an expert on one of the brief videos listed below. After your group is assigned a video you will 1. Watch Video (you might want to watch it twice) 2. Take notes on important information 3. Put together key points your group believes are the most important things to know 4. Determine which of the above questions the video is addressing. 5. Share what you found for information.

Neurons- How They Work
What is an fMRI
Stabbed in the brain- Phineas Gage
Expressive Aphasia- Sarah Scott
Why we can't tickle ourselves
The Girl who can't feel pain
Worlds tallest man
Nature Nurture: The study of twins
Is it all in our genes?
Girl living with half her brain
Fright night: Fight or flight
Hemispherectomy 

Severed Corpus Collosum

 

Kahoots:
Neuron and Neurotransmitter Kahoot
Endocrine Kahoot
Brain and Behavior Kahoot