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An Exploratorium exhibition exploring the biological, psychological, and cultural aspects of memory. Includes an interactive sheep brain dissection and news articles.
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The Memory Exhibition Memory web site will remain online indefinitely, including the memory webcast archives. Exhibition News The Memory exhibition at the Exploratorium is now over. The exhibition ran from May 22, 1998 to January 10, 1999. To learn about future exhibitions and...Intended for elementary and secondary school students and teachers who are interested in learning more about the nervous system and brain. Hands on activities, experiments, information for all grade levels.
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Neuroscience for Kids The memory of a walk in the park The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads the BRAIN Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students...From the PBS show, Scientific American Frontiers, users can learn of new evidence of the brains' ability to grow and change. Includes a look at dreams, the sense of touch, and a scientist profile.
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PBS Scientific American Frontiers:Changing Your Mind ...An overview of spinal cord technology, like the kind helping Christopher Reeves.
http://whyfiles.org/023spinal_cord/index.html
From NOVA, an overview of the studies of neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran to discover how the brain works. Includes games, personal stories, and interactive experiments.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mind/
PBS show, offering a history of the brain, anatomy, illusions, brain scanning, and development from child through adult.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/
Illustrated introduction to neural networks, including nerve signal transmission, neuron anatomy, and networks. Some of the last pages are advanced, but the first few offer basic neuron information.
http://vv.carleton.ca/~neil/neural/neuron-a.html
From EnchantedLearning.com, a black-and-white neuron printout.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com...anatomy/brain/label/neuron.shtml
Virtual tour of traveling museum exhibit, free health information, brain games, and teachers' activity guide and lesson plans. Includes brain development, diseases including Alzheimer's, depression, and migraines.
http://www.pfizer.com/brain/
An overview of nerve systems, impulse transmission, neurotransmitters, the brain, and the rest of the nervous system.
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/facu...y/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookNERV.html
Diagrams and simple explanations for the action potential.
http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/neuronphysiology.html
Questions relating a chain of dominoes to nerve impulse, rate of impulse, and nervous system function.
http://isaac.exploratorium.edu/~...rve/Domino_model_of_a_nerve.html
Interactive Flash animation showing the different stages in the propagation of a nerve impulse.
http://www.biology4all.com/resources_library/source/63.swf
Matching exercise with pull-down menus and feedback.
http://www.rdc.ab.ca/scottpsych/website/brain/impulse.htm
An interactive simulation of how the motor cortex was mapped by scientists.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/
An animation showing the homunculus, or "little man," representation of the somatosensory cortex.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/flash/hom.html
An animated look at the brain, nerve transmission, and brain disorders.
http://www.brainexplorer.org/
ThinkQuest site looking at the anatomy and function of the nervous system. Includes sections on the neuron, nerve messaging, human senses, and disorders of the nervous system.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112063/