The Brain Intensive
Welcome to the webpage for the brain intensive. What you learn in this intensive is directly proportional to what you put into the intensive. Because so much of the information we will be learning about is new, there is a lot of new vocabulary and new concepts, it is to your benefit to begin to learn about the brain now. Here are some great resources that will get you started on your journey to understand the brain in your head and what we humans know about how it works.
Brain Facts This is the Brain Facts Website - lots of information about neuroscience and links to the most recent research/articles on brain function.
Brain Facts The Book This link takes you to a companion text to the website. Read Part 1 (Chapters 1 & 2) Brain Basics and the Developing Brain before the intensive. Take notes and come with questions. Read all of Part 2 Sensing, Thinking and behaving if you can (Chapters 3-6). If that is just too much for you to manage read one of them - pick the one most interesting to you and read it taking notes and prepare questions for our intensive.
Each of you will participate in a variety of activities related to understanding our brain. Each of you will also create a special project on a topic of your choice. Your project will need to teach others what you have learned about the Brian topic you pick. You may want to consider making a video and entering the Brain Awareness Video Contest. Your project may be a science fair project and you may choose to enter the Alaska Science and Engineering Fair or perhaps you would like to prepare a project that would help a student (and yourself) prepare for the Brain Bee. There are lots of other ways you can complete the project so think about what you are interested in knowing more about or what you'd like to do with your knowledge now so when the intensive starts you are ready to take advantage of our activities and guest speakers.Your paper will include at least three scientific sources, cite these sources using APA format
Here is the criteria by which mastery on the papers will be determined:
Brain Parts: Visit this page to learn more about brain Anatomy
Brain Facts This is the Brain Facts Website - lots of information about neuroscience and links to the most recent research/articles on brain function.
Brain Facts The Book This link takes you to a companion text to the website. Read Part 1 (Chapters 1 & 2) Brain Basics and the Developing Brain before the intensive. Take notes and come with questions. Read all of Part 2 Sensing, Thinking and behaving if you can (Chapters 3-6). If that is just too much for you to manage read one of them - pick the one most interesting to you and read it taking notes and prepare questions for our intensive.
Each of you will participate in a variety of activities related to understanding our brain. Each of you will also create a special project on a topic of your choice. Your project will need to teach others what you have learned about the Brian topic you pick. You may want to consider making a video and entering the Brain Awareness Video Contest. Your project may be a science fair project and you may choose to enter the Alaska Science and Engineering Fair or perhaps you would like to prepare a project that would help a student (and yourself) prepare for the Brain Bee. There are lots of other ways you can complete the project so think about what you are interested in knowing more about or what you'd like to do with your knowledge now so when the intensive starts you are ready to take advantage of our activities and guest speakers.Your paper will include at least three scientific sources, cite these sources using APA format
Here is the criteria by which mastery on the papers will be determined:
Brain Parts: Visit this page to learn more about brain Anatomy