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

BrainLink

BrainLink produces wonderful materials including story books, rabbit and cat brain molds and models and other activities that focus about the nervous system. Four units of BrainLink materials are available: Brain Comparisons, Motor Highways, Sensory Signals, and Memory and Learning. They are appropriate for elementary school students. The materials have been in development for several years and I highly recommend them. For more information about BrainLink, contact Carolina Biological Supply.

Brain is Boss

A short introduction to the brain from KidsHealth.

Commercial Resources

Commercial resources to teach neuroscience.

Coordination and Control

Module about the nervous system with basic information and experiments for middle school students and teachers.

Dictionary for Brain Surgery Patients

From the American Brain Tumor Association

Exploring Time

Explore the mysteries of the time.

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 (NIDA)

The NIDA has created two slide teaching packets for health practitioners, teachers and neuroscientists:

Neuro4kids.com

Models, T-shirts, mugs, cards, posters, games and activities related to neuroscience.

Newton's Apple

NOVA - The TV series from PBS

The Brain Eater - Mad Cow Disease

Coma

The Universe Within

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Brain and Learning)

Exploring a neuroscientific approach to learning to see if relevant research can better guide education policy makers as to how the learning sciences and brain research can begin to find common objectives.

Scientific American Frontiers - "Make Up Your Mind"

A look at the frontal lobe.

Scientific American Frontiers - "The Wonder Pill"

The mysterious power of the placebo.

Scientific American Frontiers - "Changing Your Mind"

The brain's ability to change.

Then and Now - Human Behavior

A PBS special on discoveries in human behavior.

Fentanyl - The Real Deal

All you need to know about the deadly drug.

Dental Health Care & Healthy Lifestyle

For Kids

Prescription Medication

Disposal Safety Guide

"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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