As they are developed we will be listing different resources which you may find useful in exploring neuroscience, and how it relates to 5th through 8th grade learning.  These activities have been developed through collaboration of teachers, neuroscientists at the University of MN, and staff from the Science Museum of MN. The resources are listed below, and may be viewed and downloaded in pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the pdf files; click here to download this free program.

 
 
What's in a Brain?
(sheep brain dissection)
Teacher guide
Student guide

What makes the Brain Work?
(nervous system slides)

Teacher guide

Student guide
How to use a microscope

 

Connect the Neurons
(modeling neural communication)
Teacher guide
Student guide

 

Caeno-WHAT?
(observing the worm C. elegans)
Teacher guide
Student guide
Short student guide

 

Mutant Worms!
(examining C. elegans mutants)
Teacher guide
Student guide
Setting C. elegans on test plate

Altered Reality
(visual motor learning)
Teacher guide
Student guide

 

Your Incredible Memory
(remembering familiar words)
Teacher guide
Student guide

 

Memory Items Game
(remembering objects)
Teacher guide
Student guide

 

Mirror Images
(learning to draw using a mirror)
Teacher guide
Student guide
Mirror Images Sheet

Motor Learning
(card sorting by different criteria)

Teacher guide
Student guide

Recency and Primacy Effect
(word position recall)
Teacher guide
Graph and Questions

 

Blind Spot  
(finding your blind spot)
Instructions for making this station
Test Strips
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
Diagram of optic nerve pathway

Cool Tool  
(finding cool receptors on your skin)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
 
Do the Stroop  
(comparing reading words vs saying colors)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
Stroop word list #1 (words & colors are the same)
Stroop word list #2 (colors different than words)
Get the Point  
(testing skin sensitivity to touch)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
Homunculus diagram
 
Heads or Tails  
(using touch to determine the side of a coin)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
 
Memory Box  
(exploring how one remembers a group of objects)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
 
Tell Me About It   
(using verbal directions to build a structure)

Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
 
This is Cool  
(discriminating among different temperatures)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
 
Try Angle  
(demonstrating that practice improves performance)
Instructions for making this station
Directions display poster
Brain-outside display poster
Brain-inside display poster
 
Exhbit Station Answers
Student Worksheet
Answers

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