Monday October 18, 2021

Seating Chart and Activity

-At your new table come up with three things everyone at your table has in common. Ex. elementary school, team, favorite color, music you all like, favorite food, etc...

Circle: What do you do to cheer yourself up?

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?

Homework Due: SQ3R  pages 79-89.   

Activity: True/False

Activity: Introduction to the brain and neuroscience. David Eagleman.

Activity: Reaction Time

Activity: Cross hands and confuse brain

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

Your ACE's score: Does it surprise you?