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Resources for Educators
Part of the Brain: The Inside Story exhibition.

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. These resources will help you explore the exhibition with your students.

Brain: The Inside Story Educator's Guide
Get an advance look at the exhibition's major themes and what your class will encounter. This ten-page guide for K-12 educators includes a Map of the Exhibition, Essential Questions (important background content), Teaching in the Exhibition (self-guided explorations), Come Prepared Checklist, Correlation to Standards, and Glossary.
Activities & Worksheets
Use these resources to help students engage more deeply with the exhibition content.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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?...
Cookies and Neurotransmitters
See how the neurotransmitters dopamine, oxytocin, and cortisol shift as you feel stress, pleasure, and motherly love.