Brain: The Inside Story
For Educators
Brain: The Inside Story explores how neurons communicate; how the brain processes sensory information, emotions, and behaviors; how the organ evolved in vertebrates; and what makes each human brain unique. This comprehensive guide will help you explore the exhibition with your students.
Educators Guide and Materials
More Resources for Educators
Use these free online resources to further explore themes presented in Brain: The Inside Story exhibition.
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Express Yourself!
You don't have to speak the same language, or even speak, to understand when someone is happy or sad. Explore how and why our brains have evolved to read facial expressions.
Hands-on Activity
Draw Your Nervous System
Neurons can send more than 100 signals a second at speeds up to 250 miles an hour. Create a life-sized drawing to learn more about your body's speedy message carriers.
Activity
Read With Your Fingers
Reading by touch instead of sight forms new and different neuron connections. Discover firsthand how your brain can learn to read Braille with your fingertips.
Activity
Taste a Smell Test
It's not just the taste buds in your mouth that let you taste sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and other flavors. Take the Jellybean Test to find out how your nose helps you taste.
Activity
Test Your Reaction!
In a game like dodge ball, how is it that your brain is able to tell you to raise your arm and block an incoming ball with your elbow? Find out with this simple experiment.
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More About This Resource...
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The Museum's Brain: The Inside Story exhibition takes an in-depth look at the remarkable organ that's sometimes described as the world's most complex structure. This comprehensive guide will help you explore the exhibit with your students. It includes:
- Detailed background information to help you prepare for your Museum fieldtrip, including an overview of the exhibit's concepts and terms as well as essential questions for student inquiry.
- A five-part look at the exhibit and the models, games, interactives, and videos it includes.
- Guided explorations and questions to help you explore the exhibition with your students.
- A listing of online resources for further exploration.
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Educators Guide -
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Biology -
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General
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