SYNAPSES CHANGE MOVIE
Watch the new Flash movie on the synapse! Macromedia Flash Player is required in order to view this movie. To download a free version of Macromedia Flash Player, click here .
If you enjoyed this Flash movie, take a look at our other animations: Action Potential (electrical activity that allows neurons to communicate with each other), The Synapse (how the synapse changes information from electrical to chemical and back to electrical signals), and Toxins and Synapses (how different chemicals affect the synapse)
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Brain Pictures and Slices
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| Printable versions of the Outside of a Human Brain Inside of a Human Brain |
View the human brain from this Whole Brain Atlas from doctors at Harvard. It also has pictures of diseased brains. |
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The Virtual Hospital from the University of Iowa has some very well done pictures of the human brain. |
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Optical Illusions
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| A Pinwheel illusion like the one used in the "Explain Your Brain" assembly can be found here:
It comes from this website full of other illusions and games |
Want more illusions? This is a great site. |
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Sheep Brain Dissection
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| Sheep Brain Map is an excellent interactive site for sheep brain anatomy. | Sheep Brain Tutor shows the planes of section. It also has a dissection guide that points out many of the major nerves. |
Sheep Brain Dissection Quicktime Video
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Other Cool Neuroscience Sites
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| Neuroscience For Kids is an excellent resource for
both teachers and students who want to learn more about the brain and
how the nervous system works. It is full of neuroscience activities and
information: - - here is the Stroop Test from this site - - information on Brain Safety |
The Dana Initiative is a site where you will find information about the programs, activities, and publications of the Dana Foundation and the Dana Alliance, as well the latest news about the brain. Teachers can also order classroom kits and videos about the brain. |
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Visit www.brainconnection.com for tons of brain facts, games, and news about the latest in brain research. Brain Briefings, published by the Society for Neuroscience, is a clearing house on general neuroscience topics like Alzheimers' Disease, prenatal care of the brain, and brains in space. |
Brain Awareness Week is an international effort
every March to expand the public's knowledge about neuroscience. For local Brain Awareness Week activities coordinated by the University of Minnesota go to: http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/baw /home.html |
| KIDS! Here is BrainPop! An interactive fun website where you can take quizzes about the brain and learn about other science, health, and technology topics | Sara's Quest, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse is a good site for looking at how different drugs affect the brain. |
| The Exploratorium's online exhibit about memory has some fascinating games involving memory and how it sometimes isn't as accurate as it seems. http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory /index.html |
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