All About Your Brain
This section of our Hawken Challenges will be devoted to upcoming learning and maker activities related to a 5th grade science & core unit on the brain. However, any student is welcome to access, enjoy, and experience these materials! Please email Mrs. Delia if you have any questions about this unit, no matter your grade.
Vocabulary Discovery
An important part of learning new topics in science is listening for and noting new vocabulary terms. With this topic, there are surely new words you have not heard before, or are just now becoming familiar with, as you learn the parts of the brain.
As you watch the videos related to this week's topic, take some notes of new vocabulary. You can use a personal notebook, space in your OneNote notebook, or utilize the handy discovery chart included below. Please note, if you are accessing the chart below (just click on it to take you to the google doc), you will need to print it out or make a copy in order to add to it.
What Is The Brain? How Does It Work?
Watch this simple video to learn about all the parts of the brain and some of the processes each part is responsible for.
What Is A Neuron? How Does It Work?
This video explains an important function of the brain and nervous system: collecting, passing on, interpreting, and reacting to messages from all over the body. The neuron is the type of cell that works in the nervous system to gather messages and pass them up the chain to the brain. Remember, a cell is a small building block within the body. When put together, all these cells make up the body's nerve network, nerves, and brain (the "nervous system").
I Just Want To Read About The Parts
Here's a handy website that summarizes the parts of the brain, and the major functions of each section.
Task: Activity Labelling, Memory Keeping
Research (Mindset by Carol Dweck, and others) has shown that physically writing a new piece of information, activity, or movement skill on a diagram of the brain, in the location where the information is going to be processed and stored, can actually help you remember the information even longer! To practice reviewing which part of the brain is responsible for which type of information, and to try out this strategy, spend the next week monitoring what you learn. Aim to add 2 or more new facts, skills, memories, or bits of information to each of the 6 sections of the brain we learned about during class. You can use the print out provided to you in class or click on the document below and print one out for yourself.
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