Resources for Educators

Part of the Brain: The Inside Story exhibition.

collage showing: a man's head with different parts of the brain highlighted; three brain scan images; and a neuron with branches.
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.
Cover of Educator's Guide titled "Brain: The Inside Story" with drawing of axon structure, aging faces, and PET and CT scans.

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.

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Activities & Worksheets

Use these resources to help students engage more deeply with the exhibition content.

Brain: The Inside Story: Activities for Grades K-2
Brain: The Inside Story: Activities for Grades 3-5
Brain: The Inside Story: Activities for Grades 6-8
Brain: The Inside Story: Activities for Grades 9-12

More Resources

Hands-on Draw Your Nervous System Neurons can send more than 100 signals a second! Create a life-sized drawing to learn more about your body's speedy message carriers. Game Express Yourself! You don't have to speak the same language to know when someone is happy or sad. Explore how our brains have evolved to read facial... Hands-on Read With Your Fingers Reading by touch instead of sight forms new and different neuron connections. Discover how your brain can learn to read Braille with... Hands-on Taste a Smell Test It's not just the taste buds in your mouth that let you taste sweet, bitter, salty, and sour flavors. Take the Jellybean Test to... Hands-on 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.

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Brain Introduction Your Sensing Brain Your Emotional Brain Your Thinking Brain Your Changing Brain Your 21st Century Brain About the Exhibition