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2. Train with Dr. Dendrisitein to become an apprentice mad scientist by building your own monster neural circuit!
Click on the play button
3. Turn your volume down so that ONLY YOU can listen to Dr. Dendristein explain what to do. Follow his
instructions to create a neuron.
4. On a separate sheet draw each neuron part. Make a line that comes from the part to the side of the page and
label the name of the part, and what it does. (copy from the “Mad Scientist Apprentice Training Panel.”) You
will actually create two neurons to hook together.
5. Record your score under your two neurons.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/
Parietal Lobe-
Temporal Lobe-
Frontal Lobe-
Cerebellum-
Brain Stem-
Frontal Lobe-
Occipital Lobe-
Name/Block/Date_______________________________________
Internal view of the brain: Label the follow structures of the brain using the animation and give their function on the
right.
http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HowTheBodyWorks/IntroductiontotheBrain/BrainAnatomy/Pages/L
eftSideView.aspx?gclid=COSgu6_un7UCFQLZQgodbGgANA
Corpus Callosum-
Medulla Oblongata-
Cerebrum-
Cerebellum-
Use your textbook and the Internet to answer the following questions in complete sentences.
15. What is the structure or gap called where one neuron can pass a signal to another neuron or cell?
16. What is the function of the tissue called myelin that surrounds the axon?
17. Give an example of a scenario in which there is a stimulus and a corresponding response.
18. What are the strengths of someone who is said to be “right brained”?
19. What are the strengths of someone who is said to be “left brained”?