Psychology: Neuroscience Introduction
Grade Level:
Multi
Subject:
Psychology
Prepared By:
L. Korpics 10/6-10
Do Now: Overview- Your brain is the Whitehouse of the Nation of your Body! All
communication from and to your body and brain are chemical, and electric. There are
many parts of your brain- all of which play a unique role in who “YOU” are.
Education Standards Addressed
APA (American Psychological Association) Standards
for High School Psychology Curricula. apa.org
Do Now:
Student Guide
Has anyone ever had a
concussion? If so, what was your
experience like?
Teacher Objectives
SWBAT: understand the basic anatomy of
the brain. Explain how your Central Nervous
System (CNS) is in some ways considered
“The seat of your soul”.
Notes:
Brain Diagram
*Discuss Project
Information
(Give and/or demonstrate necessary
information)
Verification
(Steps to check for student
understanding)
SWBAT: identify hemispheres, lobes
(parietal, temporal, frontal, medulla
oblongata, cerebelleum, Cerebral Cortex,
brain stem, Corpus Collasum, etc.).
Understand how the impact of the part of
the brain sloshed against the skull in the
cerebrospinal fluid determines your head
injury, NOT the bump itself.
Readings: Phineas Gage: A Study
in Frontal Lobe Damage
My Lobotomy
SWBAT: draw important locations on
Brain Diagram
Intro Lesson
Materials Needed
 Pen
 Notebook
 Text: “Psychology
and You”
 Reading: Phineas
Gage – A study in
Frontal Lobe
Damage.
Other Resources
Virtual Brain Online Brain
Dissection
Best Brain Competition 2011!
Activity
PowerPoint: Virtual Brain Dissection
Intro Lesson
Peer Review: Brain Diagram with
PowerPoint Brain.
HW: Chapter 3 The Brain –
Vocabulary.
BEST BRAIN COMPETITION 2011
Assessment:
TEST: Neuroscience (1 week)