The Brain Research Worksheet

Go to the following website: Kidshealth – Your brain and nervous system – for
kids https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/brain.html

Use the information on this website to answer the following questions.

1. How much smaller is the cerebellum than the cerebrum?

2. Which side of the brain do scientists think controls analytical thinking

such as maths, logic and speech?

3. Name 3 functions of hormones released from the pituitary gland.

4. Name 2 ways that you can keep your brain healthy.

5. What temperature does the hypothalamus keep the body at?

6. Which side of the brain controls the function of the muscles on the left
of your body?
 7. What region of the brain do scientists think controls our emotions?

8. At birth your brain has all the neurones it will ever have, so why can’t we
walk straight away?

Well done – time for a game! Try the interactive quiz/video/game on this page.

If you want to learn more detail about the brain, go to this website:

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/brain-nervous-system.html