Website Wednesday  Brain Awareness Week
Pat Wolfe: Mind Matters
http://patwolfe.com/index.php?pid=94
Dr. Pat Wolfe’s website helps to translate brain research into classroom practices.
Dana.org
http://www.dana.org/
Dana.org serves as a gateway to a multitude of brain resources.

Articles
How We Remember and Why We Forget
http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/memory-formation
The Emotional Brain
http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/emotional-brain
Decision-Making: Still a Work in Progress in Teenagers
http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=news-in-rev/teen-frontal
Creating a Reader:  BOOKS = LOVE + FUN
http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/creating-reader
CNN Transcripts: The Adolescent Brain
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/17/yh.00.html
CNN transcript of discussion of several neuroscientists about brain development during the adolescent years.
A Day in the Life of a Brain
http://www.brainconnection.com/BAW/?main=day/home
Visit eight-year-old Sumarri (and her brain) as she goes about her daily activities.
Learning Resources
http://www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=explorehome/learning-resources#experiments
Use these resources to guide your students’ exploration of their brains.
Illusions
http://www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=playhome/illusions
Your eyes are playing tricks on you; can your brain sort it out?
Brain Boosters
http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/
Many categories of challenging brain boosters.
The Busy Brain
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=51
Lesson that helps students understand how the brain sends and receives signals. (Grades 3-5)
Brain Power
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/brainpower/
Lesson plan to help students understand memory (Grades 6-8)
Mind Over Matter:  How Does the Brain Work
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/mindovermatter/
Students learn more about how the brain works and discover what scientists have learned. (Grades 9-12).
Brain Geography
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/coma/geography/
Students learn about their brains and what the various parts do.
Brain Games
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html
Activities for all ages.
Neuroscience Resources for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/interr.html
Brain facts, quotes, quizzes and much more.
The Franklin Institute: The Human Brain
http://www.fi.edu/brain/index.htm
Sections with information on how to nourish, protect, exercise, and rest the brain.
My Brain is Bigger than Your Brain
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/brainsize.html
A look at human and animal brains.
Brain Awareness Week 2004
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/baw.html
http://www.dana.org/brainweek/
http://web.sfn.org/baw/index.cfm
Find ideas for celebrating Brain Awareness Week and see what others around the world have done.
Virtual Hospital:  Dissections of a Human Brain
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/BrainAnatomy/BrainAnatomy.html
Actual photos alongside labeled diagrams
 

Media/Technology Staff Development  MSD Perry Township