These pages contain worksheets and lessons that are ready for you to print out and work on off-line. Just click on a worksheet, print it out and get to work. If the pages do not print out correctly from your computer setup, let me know: chudler@u.washington.edu

Word Search Puzzles

  1. Action Potential Word Search
  2. Blood Brain Barrier Word Search
  3. Cerebral Cortex Word Search
  4. Cranial Nerve Word Search
  5. Language Word Search
  6. Neural Word Search
  7. Sensory Word Search Puzzle
  8. Neuron Word Search
  9. Neuroanatomy Word Search
  10. Neurotransmitter Word Search
  11. Sleep Word Search
  12. Drug Word Search
  13. Word Search Booklet (PDF)

Worksheets

  1. Brain Maze
  2. Brain Metaphors
  3. Brain Puzzle
  4. Brain Wheel
  5. Colors, Colors - The Stroop Effect - you must have a color printer for this one.
  6. Connect the Dots
  7. Easy Coded Message
  8. Hard Coded Message
  9. Here to There Word Game
  10. Make Sense Puzzle
  11. Sensory Pile On
  12. Data Sheet for "A Penny Saved is a Penny Heard"

Crossword Puzzles

  1. Crossword Puzzle - The Nervous System
  2. Crossword Puzzle - Vision
  3. Crossword Puzzle - Drug Abuse

Brainy Sudoku Puzzles

  1. Puzzle 1 | [answer]
  2. Puzzle 2 | [answer]
  3. Puzzle 3 | [answer]
  4. Puzzle 4 | [answer]

Neuroscience Dominoes

  1. Neuroscience
  2. The Neuron
  3. Lobes of the Brain
  4. Brain Structures
  5. Neurological Disorders
  6. Careers in Neuroscience
  7. The Cell
  8. The Eye

Bookmarks

  1. Eyes Bookmarks
  2. Glasses Bookmarks
  3. Optical Illusion Bookmarks
  4. Cranial Nerve Bookmarks (PDF format)
  5. Brain Quote Bookmarks (PDF format)
  6. Did You Know? Bookmarks (PDF format)
  7. Brain Quote Bookmarks
  8. How Loud is that Noise Bookmarks
  9. The Five Senses Bookmarks
  10. Brain Awareness Week Bookmarks 1
  11. Brain Awareness Week Bookmarks 2
  12. Brain Awareness Week Bookmarks 3
  13. Neuroscience for Kids Bookmarks - set 1
  14. Neuroscience for Kids Bookmarks - set 2 (PDF format)
  15. Stroop Effect Bookmarks

Coloring Book/Daily Planner/Calendars

  1. Neuroscience Coloring Book - Individual Pictures
  2. Neuroscience for Kids Coloring Book - 10 page book. Also available in Spanish.
  3. 365 Brainy Fact-A-Day Calendar
  4. NeuroCalendars - History of Neuroscience
  5. Neuroscience Events at a Glance Calendar

Signs

  1. Brain Door Sign
  2. Desk Brain Model

Fill-in the Blanks/Short Answer Worksheets

  1. The Neuron
  2. Lobes of the Brain
  3. The Eye
  4. Divisions of the Nervous System
  5. Brain Rhyme Time Worksheet
  6. Explore the Neuroscience for Kids Web Site | [Answers]
  7. "Throw it Out" (The Senses) | [Answers]
  8. "Where Does it Belong?" (The Senses) | [Answers]
  9. "Same/Different" (Metaphors) | [Answers]

Games

  1. Connect the Nerve Cell
  2. Brain Bingo Game
  3. Brain Trip Board Game
  4. Brain Board Game
  5. Brains and Neurons Board Game
    Brains and Neurons Game Instructions
  6. NeuroMatch - Neuroscience Vocabulary Game
  7. Brain Facts that make you go, "Hmmmmm".
  8. Brain Pencil Topper

PDF Pages

To view the following documents, you must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download the Adobe Reader here
  1. Nervous System from A to Z book
  2. Sam's Brain Adventure Comic Book
  3. Brain Posters
  4. Brain Boggle
  5. Brain Notebook
  6. Brain Origami
  7. Make Your Own Brain Origami
  8. Brain At Work
  9. Brain Stationery - "Thinking of you..." - write a brainy letter
  10. Brain Stationery - "From My Brain to Your Brain" - write a brainy letter
  11. Brain Stationery - Neuron Border
  12. Brain Stationery - Brain Border
  13. Brain Note Pad - "Just a thought..."
  14. Brain Word Scramble [1]
  15. Brain Word Scramble [2]
  16. Deck of 52 Brain Playing Cards
  17. Deck of 52 Neuroscience Playing Cards
  18. Dream Journal
  19. Neuroscience Word Origins
  20. Neuroscience Vocabulary Word Form
  21. Neuroscience Word Origins | [Answer Sheet] (For review of Word Origins)
  22. Neurotoxin Matching Game | [Answer Sheet] (For review of Neurotoxin Page)
  23. Word Scramble Pages
    1. Neural Word Scramble
  24. Brain "Greeting Cards" - Instructions: a) Print out a card in color or black and white; b) Fold the whole page in half with the pictures and words facing out; c) Fold the page again.
    1. How's Your Weather?
    2. Sorry I Haven't Written
    3. Please Write!
    4. Happy Birthday - card 1
    5. Happy Birthday - card 2
    6. Happy Birthday - card 3
    7. Happy Birthday - card 4
    8. Happy Belated Birthday
    9. Congratulations
    10. Happy Valentine's Day
    11. Enjoy Your Vacation!
    12. It's Brain Awareness Week!
    13. Graduation Card 1
    14. Graduation Card 2
    15. Secretary's Day
    16. To my Teacher (from one person)
    17. To my Teacher (from class)
    18. Bike Safety Day
    19. Happy Father's Day
    20. Get Well Soon
    21. Thinking of You
    22. Seeing You Again
    23. Back to School - 1
    24. Back to School - 2
    25. Back to School - 3
    26. Happy Halloween
    27. Happy New Year!

Lessons

  1. Our Sense of Touch: Two Point Discrimination
  2. Chemical Senses: Olfaction
  3. Taste
  4. The Eye and Its Connections
  5. Visual Perception
  6. Color Vision
  7. Hearing
  8. Activity a Day to Learn about the Brain
  9. Creature Sense Experiment
  10. Brain Awareness Week Lessons - detailed lessons for a week of activities
  11. Movie Review Lesson
  12. Lesson for Colors, Colors?
  13. Neuron Models
  14. Two slightly different activity sheets that I have used for in-class presentations:
    1. Activity Sheet #1
    2. Activity Sheet #2
  15. Outside Games
    1. Synaptic Tag Lesson Plan
    2. Neuron Chain Lesson Plan
    3. Brain Freeze Tag Lesson Plan
  16. The Research Report - for Teachers
  17. The Research Report - for Students
  18. Web Page Evaluation Form

Treasure Hunts

  1. Neuroscience for Kids Treasure Hunt
  2. Neuroscience For Kids Scavenger Hunt - explore the Web Site with this worksheet
  3. Internet Research on the Brain - another worksheet to explore the Neuroscience for Kids pages
    [Answers for this worksheet]
  4. Neuroscience for Kids Projects

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