Neuroscience for Kids

Internet Neuroscience Resources for Kids

Neuroscience for Kids Video Channel
Brain Alphabet Discover the 26 letters of the alphabet on the surface of the brain.	Brain Facts and Figures Interesting facts concerning the brain and spinal cord.
Brain Fitness Your Guide to Good Brain Health	Brain Icons Add some brainy icons to your computer
Brain Screen Savers Add some brainy screen savers to your computer	Brain Metaphors The brain is like a ...
Brain Quotes Famous quotations about the brain.	Brain Worksheets Puzzles, Cards, Bookmarks, Signs and Games!
The Brain in Advertising How advertisers use the brain to sell products.	"Brainy" Electronic Postcards Send a free electronic postcard with a brain theme to a friend.
Brain Explorers Hands-on experiments for grade 3-5.	NeuroCalendar Print out a calendar containing important dates and events in brain research.
Milestones in Neuroscience Research Chronology of the discoveries and advances in neuroscience research.	"Free" Stuff Places to get free publications, posters and tapes about neuroscience, drug abuse and neurological disorders.
Neuroscience In the Movies How has Hollywood used neuroscience in films?	Neuroscience Word Origins Greek and Latin origins of terms used in neuroscience.
Neuroscience On Stamps See how neuroscience has been commemorated on postage stamps.	Nobel Prize Winners (Neuroscience) Names, nationalities and neuroscience work
Questions about Neuroscience Common questions (and answers) about the brain and neuroscience.	Brain Movies Hollywood-style motion pictures with the word "Brain" in the title.
Brain Jokes Riddles and jokes using neuroscience words.	Brain Cartoons Selected cartoons from the Neuroscience for Kids web site.
Treasure Trove of Brain Trivia Brain trivia from the NFK Newsletter.	Neuroscience Coloring Book Color these pictures to make your own book.
The Nervous System from A to Z A brainy online alphabet book.	Site of the Month. Selections from the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter.
Sam's Brainy Adventure An online comic book that explores the human brain.	My Brain is Me! A brainy book for young readers.
BrainWorks Watch a TV show about the brain! With the help of five kids, host Eric Chudler takes viewers on a journey inside of the brain. There are now five BrainWorks episodes: 1) Journey into the Brain; 2) Sports-Related Concussions; 3) Exercise and the Brain; 4) Brain-Computer Interface and 5) Sleep and the Brain.

Other Resources

Your Brain & Nervous System

A short introduction to the brain from KidsHealth.

Commercial Resources

Commercial resources to teach neuroscience.

The Exploratorium

Memory | Science Snacks | Cow Eye Dissection

How Stuff Works - The Brain

A brief introduction to neuroanatomy.

Know Your Brain

"Brain Basics" developed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Morphonix

Interactive multimedia software including the CD-ROM title Journey into the Brain.

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Mind Matters

Neuro4kids.com

T-shirts, mugs, cards, posters related to neuroscience.

NOVA - The TV series from PBS

The Brain Eater - Mad Cow Disease

Coma

The Universe Within

Then and Now - Human Behavior

A PBS special on discoveries in human behavior.

Fake Prescription Medication Laced With Deadly Quantities Of Fentanyl

Narcan (Naloxone) Saves Lives - Narcan Locator

The Fentanyl Crisis: How Synthetic Opioids Are Driving Addiction, Overdose, And Deaths

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose."
--- Dr. Seuss

"We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."
--- Carl Sagan

"The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells - called neurons - lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines we have built to mimic it."
--- William F. Allman

"The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory."
--- Santiago Ramon y Cajal

"Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern - always a meaningful pattern - though never an abiding one."
--- Sir Charles Sherrington

"Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations."
--- Diane Ackerman

"The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know."
--- Isaac Asimov

"A better understanding of the brain is certain to lead man to a richer comprehension both of himself, of his fellow man, and of society, and in fact of the whole world with its problems."
--- John C. Eccles

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