One+Million

One Million

Now that we've looked at the number one million and gotten a better perspective of just how much one million really is, what if we related the number ONE MILLION to ourselves? What if we related it to the BRAIN?

The brain stores 1 million GB of information. How much is a Gigabyte?

History of the Brain History of the Brain from PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/history/index.html

What exactly is the brain? How much does it weigh? What is it made up of?

Activity: Scavenger Hunt

1. How much does the brain weigh? 2. How much does a sperm whale's brain weight? 3. What is our brain made of? 4. What happens in the Cerebral Cortex? 5. The hippocampus is where you store your? 6. If this area of the brain were damaged, you would have a hard time in p.e. doing this ___. 7. What does the brain do while you are sleeping? 8. Why does the brain have wrinkles? 9. How does sound travel through our ear to our brain?

Use this resource to locate your answers Webquest http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14899 Include all your answers in your Brain Book

Activity: Marshmallow Challenge - You have 18 minutes to build the TALLEST free-standing tower possible with:

20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow

Online Timer http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/

Activity: The brain is a complex organ capable of astounding feats. Look at the brain - 3d brain app or view on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVGlfcP3ATI

Draw a map of the brain. Label the parts of the brain. Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Cerebellum, Temporal, Stem Illustrate all of your drawings in your very own Brain Book - make your own book.

Activity:

There are 2 regions of the brain: the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere. The right side of the brain controls what side of the body? The left side of the brain controls what side of the body?

Please take a pencil in each hand. I want you to draw a circle with the right hand and at the SAME TIME draw a square with the left hand. Can you do it? Include this drawing in your Brain Book

Watch Split Brain study from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGwsAdS9Dc

Activity: What is intelligence? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/what-is-intelligence.html

Take one second and imagine in your mind how you would explain to someone why a string can pull something, but can't push something. Use the Ipod Touches and record your answers

Extra Enhancement: What is a neuron? Review: axon membrane, ion, Sodium (Na+) and Pottasium ( K+) http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations/actionpotential.swf What is change blindness? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/change-blindness.html What is suspended animation? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/suspended-animation-au.html Why are we fooled by optical isslusions if we are so smart? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/magic-autism.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/illusions/index.html

Bonus: How does the brain judge right from wrong? Will robots ever be as smart as we are? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/soccer-playing-robots.html

Lumosity http://www.lumosity.com/users/whitney74826/home Design a brain game. For example Mind Matrix, Bird Watching, Speed What function of the brain does your brain game intend to improve? Speed, accuracy, flexibility, recall of patterns, recall of location

