1. EQ: What are the structures of the brain and what do they control? BR: Besides for “thinking” what types of things do you think your brain controls?

2. O Write an explanation for each of the parts of the brain on the graphic organizer O Use page 63 and handout: Outline and label parts of brain on diagram. O HW: Draw a picture or symbol which represents what each part does

3. Essential Question: What does the cerebral cortex do? O BR: If you had to give up one sense (sight, touch, or hearing) which would you give up and why?

4. Cerebral Cortex O Thinking center of the brain O Coordinates all other areas O Divided into 2 cerebral hemispheres which are connected at the corpus callosum O 4 lobes

5. O Brain is cross wired: Right hemisphere controls movement and feeling in the left side of body and vice versa

6. On back of handout copy this chart LobeFunctionsResults if damaged

7. Lobe stations O Oh the joy!!! O Go to each station. O Try the activity O Discuss questions O Take notes

8. Occipital Lobe: Can you see the hidden picture?

10. What does occipital lobe control?

11. Occipital Lobes O Visual region O Allows you to experience shapes, color, and motion O Damage can cause blindness

12. O Get a partner O One partner close their eyes and the other puts an object on their desk O Try to guess what the object is O Switch roles

13. What do the parietal lobes control?

14. Parietal Lobes O Touch and sensation O How you experience yourself in space around you O Damage can affect sense of touch

15. Read the page on your desk O What do the frontal lobes control?

16. Frontal lobes O Coordination of movement O higher mental processes such as planning, social skills, emotional control, and abstract thinking O Left: positive feelings O Right: negative feelings O Damage causes personality changes

17. Listen to video O What do temporal lobes control?

18. Temporal Lobes O Hearing and language O Damage can cause difficulty in understanding what words and sentences mean

19. Reflection: O Which lobe would you least want damaged? O Why?