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8th Grade Life Science

Textbook Glencoe Life Science Textbook Link of the Week Neuroscience For Kids: The Nervous System
Multimedia Foss Brain & Senses Website User Name: wtbscience Password: bloomingdale
Foss Lab Worksheets Textbook Online User Name: Life Password: z8bRAfezeY

 

Week 9

Date Objective/ Procedure Handouts/ Labs Homework
10/27

Field Trip:  Pax Castle

10/28

Brain Boxes-1 TSWBAT

1. Construct a life-size model of the human brain, using 6 photos from 6 different orientations

2. Understand that the brain has 3 main parts: the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the brain stem and that it is divided into 2 hemispheres

3. Understand that the brain is oriented by describing the views as axial, sagittal, corneal

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

Brain Box Images

 

15.Central Nervous system Worksheet / Peripheral Nervous System Worksheet

 

10/29

Scavenger Hunt Through the Nervous System TSWBAT

(Day 3)

1. Go on an Internet tour of the Nervous System

2. Learn about Nervous System Disorders by participating in activities online

3. Answer questions about Nervous System Disorders after exploring the website: Neuroscience For Kids: The Nervous System

Click Here to begin the Scavenger Hunt: Nervous system

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

  Finish:

15.Central Nervous system Worksheet / Peripheral Nervous System Worksheet 16. Neurons Worksheet / Nervous System Disorders Worksheet

 

10/30

Brain Boxes-2 TSWBAT

1. Construct a life-size model of the human brain, using 6 photos from 6 different orientations

2. Understand that the brain is oriented by describing the views as axial, sagittal, corneal: Brain Orientation Notes

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

 

Brain Orientation Notes

Finish:

15.Central Nervous system Worksheet / Peripheral Nervous System Worksheet 16. Neurons Worksheet / Nervous System Disorders Worksheet

10/31

Brain Imaging TSWBAT

1. Use the multimedia to explore and analyze an actual EEG scan and compare the brains of a person with a nervous system disorder to a normal brain

2.Interpret graphical EEG data to develop a simple brain map using the brain boxes as references for the orientation of the brain

3. Read Brain and Senses Resources book: p. 49 to compare and answer questions about the different brain imaging techniques (PET, CAT, MRI, EEG)

NJCCCS 5.1  & 5.5

20. Imaging Technique Questions/Focus Questions: The Storm Within

 

 

Finish:

15.Central Nervous system Worksheet / Peripheral Nervous System Worksheet 16. Neurons Worksheet / Nervous System Disorders Worksheet

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