1. Phineas Gage
Reading about different parts of the brain: Reading about the Brain
Crash Course: Getting to Know Your Brain
Video: 7 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEiux-AOzs
3. Analyze Brain and Comparison
3.
- Story or Powerpoint (direct link)
- Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPAqTP7058Q) 12 min.
- Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QXI_BxlY7M) 5 min.
Reading about different parts of the brain: Reading about the Brain
- for your assigned section: Describe the purpose/function of that part
Crash Course: Getting to Know Your Brain
Video: 7 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEiux-AOzs
- Generally speaking, How does the brain work?
- What parts of the brain do you believe are most important? Why?
- Why is the examination of the brain functions necessary in a study of pyschology?
3. Analyze Brain and Comparison
- Goto Interactive Brain or New Science Site
- Develop a metaphor for how 8 different parts of the brain and nervous system are like common objects
- Legos
- A cell phone
- Junk Drive
- Hard Drive
- Video Game
- A flushing toliet
- A cookbook
- Steering Wheel
- Etc.
3.
- What are the functions of 8 different parts of the brain?
- Choose 1 Part and answer the following questions
- Where is it located?
- What does it look like? (Include illustration.)
- What are its major functions?
- What techniques are used to view or measure it?
- What happens when it is damaged?
- What other structures is it near?
- What other structures help or perform similar functions?