We are learning all about the brain and how it works. Ms. Veriah, our student teacher, had some very interesting books for us to look at and we learned so much!
Ms. Veriah taught us how to make a model with our hands and she talked about the 3 different parts of the brain. We learned that the pre-frontal cortex is at the front of the brain and is called the wise leader. It helps us make good decisions. The hippo campus is the memory saver and helps us remember things and the amygdala is the security guard; that means it helps protect us by guiding us how to react in various situations.
Once we knew the different parts of the brain we got to make a brain using play dough! It was awesome!
We took pictures with the iPad. Mrs. Betts is going to teach us how to use Skitch so we can label our brains and put them on our blogs!
Jahan wanted to know if he could upload his picture to Draw and Tell so he could talk about it! I love when my students want to share their learning with the world! Check our individual blogs in the next few days to see some of our work!
This is really a brilliant idea :)
ReplyDeleteYanna, brain power