THE NERVOUS SYSTEM http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=sjyI4CmBOA0&feature=player_detailpage

Your body’s message centerControls all of your body’s actions

Brain Rhyme

• The answers to each of the next questions rhyme with the word “brain.”

• For example, for the question, “A brain on the tracks,” the answer is Brain Train.

• There could be more than one correct answer.

How many can your group answer?A brain……….

In a storm? Made a spot? It hurts?

Most important? Most logical? An aide for walking?

Used for bread? Used to pick things up? Where it lives?

Overworked? It flys? When linked?

A blood vessel A fake. Get more.

Parts of the Nervous System

Central Nervous System

• Somatic System – deal with the _________that you control

• Autonomic System – deals with the actions you do ____ control

Peripheral Nervous System

How many can you remember?

Brain Games

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stm0.html - short term memory

The Brain

THE BRAIN• The brain is the largest most complex part of the nervous

system

• The brain weighs ____ pounds

• Contains over 100 billion neurons

• The brain takes the form of___________, memories, and commands to ________ actions. It allows you to direct your muscles and emotions and everything you sense.

• Your brain control involuntary and voluntary processes– Involuntary – movement ________ thought (heartbeat/respiration)– Voluntary – movement ________thought (muscle movement,

chewing)

Right/Brain Left Brain QuizTake this test by selecting the answer which best describes you at this present time. Every time you read a description or characteristic that applies to you, select the first response that seems right. After you are done, we’ll evaluate your responses automatically by adding them up. Whichever number is higher represents your dominance. If the numbers

are close, that means you use both sides of your brain equally.

1. I wear a watch

2. I keep a journal

3. I believe there is a right and wrong way to do everything

4. I hate following directions

5. The expression “Life is just a bowl of cherries” makes no sense to me

6. I find sticking to a schedule is boring

7. I’d rather draw someone a map then tell them how to get somewhere

8. If I lost something, I’d try to remember where I saw it last

9. If I don’t know usually which way to turn, I let my emotions guide me

10. I am good at Math

11. If I had to assemble something, I’d read the directions first

12. I’m often late getting places

13. Some people think I am psychic

14. Setting goals for myself helps keep me from slacking off

15. When somebody asks me a question, I turn my head to the left

16. If I have a tough decision to make, so I write down the pros and cons

17. I’d make a good detective

18. I am musically inclined

19. If I have a problem, I try to work it out by relating it to one I’ve had in the past

20. When I talk, I gesture a lot

21. If someone asks me a question, I turn my head to the right

22. I believe there are two sides to every story

23. I can tell if someone is guilty just by looking at them

24. I keep a to do list

25. I feel comfortable expressing myself with words

26. Before I take a stand on an issue, I get all the facts

27. I’ve considered becoming a poet, a politician, an architect, or a dancer

28. I lose track of time easily

29. If I forgot someone's name, I’d go through the alphabet until I remembered it

30. I like to draw

31. When I’m confused, I usually go with my gut instinct

32. I have considered becoming a lawyer, journalist, or doctor

Tally your answers. (refer to key given to you by the teacher)

Are you left brained or right brained?

Left vs RightWhich Side are you On?

http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/activities/brain_songs.html LEFT RIGHT

Auditory Learners Visual Learners

Prefer schedules and deadlinesLove rules and regulationsHandles organization and logicStep by step

DisorganizedMake up rules to followLacking in time managementUnable to prioritize

More CommonMore analytical/creative in a different wayConcrete thinkers

Less CommonMore naturally creativeAbstract Thinkers

Able to express themselves in words Know what they mean, but trouble finding the right words

Lab Scientist/Banker/Judge/Lawyer/Mathematician/Libararian

Forest Ranger/Wildlife manager/ArtistBeautician/Politician/Athlete

PARTS OF THE BRAIN

• Cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem– Hypothalamus– Pituitary Gland

• Meninges• Pons• Medulla• Cerebral Spinal Fluid

CEREBRUM•____________ part of the brain

•Makes up 85% of the brain’s weight

•The _________ part of the brain and controls voluntary muscles – you can’t dance or kick a soccer ball without your cerebrum

•Memory –_______term and _______term memory lives in the_______________

•Has two halves – the right half and left half

Frontal Lobe – top/front region – reasoning/emotions/judgement/voluntary

Occipital Lobe – vision and reading ability (at the back of the head)

Parietal Lobe – contains important sensory center (upper rear of head)

Temporal Lobe – centers of hearing and memory (sides of head)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLZ_WUsK88&feature=related

CEREBELLUM

• Located in the back of the brain underneath the cerebrum

•Controls___________, movement, and________________

•Because of the cerebellum you can stand upright, keep your balance, and move around

BRAIN STEM• Sits beneath the cerebrum and in front of the cerebellum

•Contains the hypothalamus and _____________gland

•Connects rest of the brain to the ____________ cord

•In charge of all the functions of your body –___________air, ________-food, and circulating blood

•Controls __________muscles – heart and stomach

Pituitary Gland

•Controls__________

•About the size of a pea

•Produce and release hormones into your body

Hypothalamus

•Your brain’s inner __________– knows what temperature your body should be

•If your body is to hot, the hypothalamus tells it to sweat; if you are to cold, it makes you shiver

•Hunger, thirst, appetite, and body weight

•Sleep cycles

Meninges – membranes that cover the brain and the spinal cord for protection

Pons – part of the brainstem that joins the hemispheres of the _______________ and connects the cerebrum with the cerebellum. Located just above the medulla oblongata

Medulla – controls___________, breathing, digestions, and vital organs

Vertebrae – protects the ________________ cord

Cerebral spinal Fluid – watery cushion that the ________ floats in

Spinal Cord

•Column of nerve tissue about 18 inches long and about as thick as your ______________ finger•The cord is protected by ___________ (bones that make up the spine) and protected by fluid that surrounds it –___________fluid•Relays messages to and from the brain and body

NEURONS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMnDiepv5Os

Label the diagramCerebellum, spinal cord, occipital, pons, medulla oblongata, frontal, parietal, corpus callosum, pituitary, temporal

Name the part of the brain (cerebrum, cerebellum, or medulla) responsible for coordinating or controlling each activity or condition listed below:

Tasting a hamburger: ___________________

Artistic ability: ________________________

Kicking a soccer ball: ____________________

Rate of breathing: _____________________

Tying your shoes: ______________________

She Brains vs He BrainsRead article and compare and contrast the female brain to the male brain

She Brain He Brain

Adolescent Brain Development

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9sjvitKWA

Problems with the Nervous System

• Spinal Cord Injuries– Paralysis– Nerve inflammation – “pinched nerve”– Diseases

Each group will be given an article to read. You will then teach the class about what you read. Make sure to answer the following questions:

1. What is the disease?_____________________________________________________2. How does the disease affect your nervous system and/or how does someone get the disease?_____________________________________________________3. What are the signs and symptoms?_____________________________________________________4. How is the disease treated?_____________________________________________________5. Can it be prevented? If not, what can you do to lesson symptoms?