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U1L2 Student Guide

The document provides an overview of the key topics covered in a lesson on the brain, including: - The objectives of identifying brain regions and lobes, understanding brain development and the nervous system. - Differences between a fixed and growth mindset. - Functions of the main regions (forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain) and parts (cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem) of the brain. - Descriptions of the four brain lobes and their functions. - How the midbrain acts as a relay station between the forebrain and hindbrain. - That the nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves which connect the brain to the rest of the body.

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U1L2 Student Guide

The document provides an overview of the key topics covered in a lesson on the brain, including: - The objectives of identifying brain regions and lobes, understanding brain development and the nervous system. - Differences between a fixed and growth mindset. - Functions of the main regions (forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain) and parts (cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem) of the brain. - Descriptions of the four brain lobes and their functions. - How the midbrain acts as a relay station between the forebrain and hindbrain. - That the nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves which connect the brain to the rest of the body.

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Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE BRAIN

Student Guide Lesson 2

Name Period: weg Date


: Ria 1 :
Wu ww 1/26
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1. What are the objectives of today’s lesson?


● learn the difference between fixed and growth mindset
● identify key regions, parts, and lobes of the brain along with their function
● understand the changes in brain development from young child to teen to adulthood
● understand the parts of the nervous system and how the nervous system and brain
work together

2. What will this course teach you about using your brain? Why might this be important?

It will teach us how to utilize our brain. This is important because we are still teens with
developing brains, and this will help us grow into smarter people.

3. Your brain is responsible for things such as:


a. Learning and Memory
b. Movement, Balance and Coordination
c. It controls Involuntary Functions (involuntary functions are things that you don’t think
about ) such as:
i. Breathing
ii. Digestion
iii. Blood Circulation
d. Sensory Perception (vision, hearing, taste, smell)
e. Hormonal function (reproduction, growth)

4. List the differences between a FIXED MINDSET and GROWTH MINDSET:

FIXED MINDSET GROWTH MINDSET


Believe abilities are fixed and cannot be Embrace challenges
changed
Avoid challenges Learn from criticism

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Give up easily See effort as the path to mastery
See effort as fruitless or worse Persist in the face of setbacks
Feel threatened by negative feedback. Believe abilities can be improved with
practice

5. What does the graph below demonstrate? Explain your answer in the space below:

Incremental growth means that there is a growing intelligence of the child, meaning that the
grades are going up, because they are getting smarter and smarter. Incremental growth is a
growth mindset, because the student is working hard and improving their grades. An entity
growth means a negative growth, as you can see the grades going down. The entity growth is a
fixed mindset, because the student believes they cannot improve and don’t try, making the
grades fall.

6. List five things you can do to show your brain some love.

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Exercise regularly, consume healthy food, avoid toxins, manage stress, and have a growth mindset.

7. How much does a human brain weigh?


3 pounds

8. How wide is the human brain?


5.5 inches wide

9. The brain is about the size of a cantaloupe.

10. The brain develops back to front. The slide shows the stages of brain development when the
cortex is reaching its final structure

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11. The blue shows the age-related loss of gray matter, which is the final stage of pruning. The
teenage brain is still developing. The front of the brain, the area that is responsible for decision
making (cortex) is the longest part of the brain to fully mature.

12.

https://www.brainlab.org/get-educated/brain-tumors/learn-brain-anatomy-
basics/brain-anatomy/
Complete (fill in) the descriptions for each of the regions and parts of the brain below.

Main Regions of the Brain Main Parts of the Brain

Name Description Name Description

Forebrain largest brain region includes cerebrum Cerebrum the largest part of the brain, the cerebral
cortex is the outer layer of the cerebrum,
divided into 4 lobes

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Midbrain area of the brain that connects the Brainstem
forebrain to the hindbrain, midbrain and
midbrain acts as a relay center connecting the
hindbrain together compose the brainstem
and cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal
hindbrain cord

Hindbrai Cerebellum located under the cerebrum, coordinate


n muscle movements, maintain posture,
assists in the regulation of the autonomic hindbrain
and balance
functions, and the relay of sensory
information

13. Match the four different brain lobes and the brainstem and the cerebellum with the correct
anatomical location.

Frontal Lobe
front of head

Parietal
Lobe- upper
back of head

Occipital
Lobe- lower
back of head

Brainstem-

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at the
bottom of
the brain

Temporal
Lobe- above
the stem

Cerebellum-
at the nook
of the neck

14. Provide a description of functions associated with reach of the brain’s four lobes.

Four different Lobes of the Brain

Name Description

Frontal Lobe motor movements, higher level thinkings

Parietal Lobe Sense of touch and feelings of pain, interprets languages and words

Occipital Lobe processes visual informations, and memorized familiar movements

Temporal Lobe understanding language, integrate information from senses, short term memory and
learned emotional responses.

15. Let’s talk about each of the brain’s regions.


a. Forebrain (Cortex) is responsible for:
i. Senses become organized and conscious
ii. Planning and executing movements
iii. Emotions
iv. Memory
v. Thinking! Our sense of self

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b. Midbrain is responsible for:
i. Awareness of body parts
ii. Processing vision (color, size motion)
iii. Controlling movement
iv. The midbrain acts somewhat like a “relay station”.

c. Hindbrain is responsible for:


i. Breathing
ii. heartbeat
iii. Sleep and Waking
iv. balance
v. Processing the senses (sight smell sound touch taste)

16. Explain how the midbrain acts as a relay station.

The midbrain sends information between the fore and hindbrain.

17. The Nervous system consists of:


i. BRain
ii. Spinal cord
iii. Nerves

18. The center of the nervous system is the brain. The brain tells the body what to do by sending
electrical signals through the nerves.
a. Nerves = longs neurons bunched together.
b. The Nervous system is divided into 2 parts:
i. CNS CEntral Nervous system
ii. PNS Peripheral Nervous system

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19. Nerves connect your brain the rest of your body.

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