Assessed Task
You will research the brain, dissect it and hand in your complete book for marking.
Question 1. What are the components of the Central Nervous System?
Question 2. What is the most common cell type in the CNS? (Hint Nerves refer to a bundle of these cells, in the brain these cells spread out in all directions.
Question 3. Briefly describe the parts of a Neuron: Dendrite, Cell body, Nucleus, Axon, and Synapse.
Question 4. What is the difference between a Sensory Neuron, and an Interneuron and Motor Neuron.
Question 5 Watch this animation:
http://www.brainviews.com/abFiles/AniEmdev.htm
The red is the thinking brain -Cerebrum
The orange is litterally the war brain - Cerebellum
The yellow is the spinal cord
Describe the growth of the brain in a child, and sketch the location of the parts
Question 6: Visit this site:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/index.html
Copy out the details of what you expect to see.
NOTE: Leave plenty of space for addition of more information.
Show your teacher for a midlesson mark
Add more detail after visiting this page.
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/articles/brain-dissection-project.html
Other Links:
Online Cat Dissection http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/
Question 7: Open ended research. Look at one of the following topics
Brain Disease
Stroke
Short term memory loss
Write a glossary in preparation for your dissection.
About Me
- drhill
- I come from a Science family: My father Geoffrey Hill was Australia's first computer programmer on CSIRAC the fourth computer in the world. He is credited with invention of Computer music and the development of “Interprogram” a language before Basic. My PhD is in Atomic and Molecular Physics. I have researched the activated oxygen layer above the ozone layer, and 'Assigned' the world's smallest molecule. At the University of Toronto I researched high power UV lasers. I have specialized in automation in fibre optics. This developed into research in Machine Intellect and Robots. I have enjoyed work as an Explainer with Questacon and my time as a part-time soldier. I currently teach High School Science at Epping Boys’ High.