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Our driving question:
Our driving question:
Does The Body Drive the Brain, or Does The Brain Drive the Body?
Does The Body Drive the Brain, or Does The Brain Drive the Body?
Over the course of two months, our students took a deep dive into learning all about the human body, through the connections between our physiology and how we think, feel and experience the world, including things like...
How do sensory inputs affect the way we feel?
Why does having allergies or what I eat affect how clearly I'm thinking?
How does my body really work, anyways??
Our work culminated in a science fiction short story, written by the kids themselves, relating a COVID molecule's attempt to invade a human host -- and the host's valiant battle to eradicate it! We are so proud of all our learners for the hard work they did -- not the least because they pulled it off in the middle of the most isolating and disruptive event of modern times.
We can't wait to see what you'll do when we can all come back together!
our research portal
our research portal
With the switch to distance learning, we quickly adapted to the new medium by incorporating rich digital media content, since our hands-on models were no longer feasible! Within days, our full therapeutic, social and academic programs were online, and we'd found new ways to implement our movement-based instruction with kids dispersed in various guest bedrooms, basements and living rooms. And our kids had the benefit of learning from our own Dr. Mattis: a world-class research and clinical expert in children's brains, neurology and the connections between the two!
We put together this research portal to make it easier for our students to access content both during class and on their own so our young learners could still participate independently. Click through using the links below to learn for yourself from some of the sources we used to inform our learning about connections between the body and the brain.
Remember in-person learning?
Remember in-person learning?
We were still doing in-person learning when we kicked off our project -- take a look!
Kick off: Bruce Museum Field Work Trip
Kick off: Bruce Museum Field Work Trip
We kicked off our project with a field work trip to see the "Inside Out" exhibit on modern imaging technology at the Bruce Museum. Check out these pics from back in the good old days when we could actually go to a museum together!
Musculoskelatal System
Musculoskelatal System
We made it through an overview of the body and hands-on learnings about the musculoskelatal system before we had to close our center down... devastating! Check out the model arms our kids built--all while working towards their occupational therapy objectives!
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