1. Wednesday, 4/27 Day 1 3- Science Starter: Please set up your sheet like this: 1.5. 2.6. 3.7. 4. Agenda Science Starters Sheet 2- Fill out your Agenda. 4- Read your AR Book. 1. Please have these Items on your desk. AR Book Brain Diagram

2. Match the term with it’s location: (Just write the letter!!!) 1. AXON 5. AXON TERMINALS 2. SCHWANN’S CELLS 6. NUCLEUS 3. DENDRITES 7. CELL BODY 4. MYELIN SHEATH DENDRITES CELL BODY AXON TERMINALS SCHWANN’S CELLS MYELIN SHEATH NUCLEUS D. C. B. F. E. A. G. D AB G F E C

3. Things to do: 1- Put away your “Science Starter” and Agenda. Your AR book can stay on your desk. 2- Get out your notebook.

4. Get out your colored pencils (if you have some). Add info to your NBToC: Page#: Date: Activity/Assignment 61 4/27 Brain Regions Diagram 1 2 Get out your notebook.

6. Your Brain

7. Your brain can survive without oxygen for 4-6 minutes before it starts to die.

8. Your brain has 100,000 miles of blood vessels in it. 20% of the oxygen and blood in your body is in your brain.

9. Your brain keeps developing until your late 40s.

10. The pathologist who completed Einstein’s autopsy stole his brain and kept it in a jar for 20 years.

11. The smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves, which triggers relaxation.

12. "Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia" is the scientific term for brain freeze.

13. The human brain has the same consistency as tofu.

14. In 2015, the 4th most powerful supercomputer in the world took 40 minutes to simulate just one second of human brain activity.

15. Due to the new discovery of many brain parasites, scientist now think a Zombie Apocalypse is actually possible.

16. When you learn something new, the structure of your brain changes.

17. The brain treats rejection like physical pain, according to scientists.

18. Long-term mobile phone use significantly increases the risk of brain tumors, a study found.

19. 10 to 23 = the number of watts of power your brain generates when you’re awake. (That’s enough to turn on a light bulb!)

20. You’re born with all of the neurons you will have for your lifetime. The number doesn’t increase as you grow, but the size of the cells may change.

21. The brain feels like a ripe avocado and looks pink because of the blood flowing through it.

23. White matter = interneurons protected by myelin Grey matter = Neurons without myelin; thought to store knowledge; About the width of a tongue Depressor. Increase of grey matter during early childhood, again 10-12, and late teens. White matter continues to be added throughout your lifetime.

25. Structures of the Brain Cerebrum Cerebellum Brain Stem

26. Internal Structures of the Brain

27. Regions of the External Brain

28. Label the diagram at the TOP of the page Cerebrum Cerebellum Brain Stem

29. Separate the cerebrum at the bottom of the page into sections, as shown: