Nervous System Web Quest
LT #1 I can describe how the nervous system controls behaviors.
Check out these websites and write the answers to the questions on your own
sheet of paper.
-The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: The Human Brain
http://nides.bc.ca/Assignments/Body/Brain.htm
1. What is your brain made of?
2. How much does your brain weigh?
3. How does your brain communicate with your body?
4. Are human brains different from other animal brains?
-Discovery Kids: Your Nervous System
http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/bodysystems/your-nervous-system
5. What is your nervous system?
6. What are nerves and what do they do?
7. How do nerves pass along messages?
-Your Brain and Nervous System – Page 1 and 2
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html
8. What is the biggest part of your brain and what does it do?
9. Name three things you do when using your cerebrum?
10. Where is the cerebellum located in the brain?
11. What does your cerebellum control?
12. What is the brain stem in charge of?
13. Draw the brain and label the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem.
-Your Brain and Nervous System – Page 4
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html
14. The brain is the boss of the Nervous System, but it can’t work alone.
Nerves and the spinal cord assist the brain. What is the spinal cord?
15. You might wonder about these nerves, which you can't see without a
microscope. What are they anyway?
16. Describe the process of learning how to ride a bike by including how
your nervous system is involved.
-After completing the above questions on your own sheet
of paper raise your hand and let me check your work.
-After I have checked your work you may go to Nervous System/Brain Games at the
following websites:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html
http://anatomyarcade.com/games/gamesNervous.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/brain_explorer/
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/splitbrain/splitbrainexp.html
http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html
http://www.purposegames.com/game/brain-labeling-nervoussystem-quiz
-You can play any of the games except for ones where you have to print off
something. DO NOT PRINT ANYTHING!