4/9/18

The Brain and Learning (Part 1)

Written by: Maza, William, Winter, Dom, Lannie, Kabryn, S. Patrice

We started watching a video called The Learning Brain. It was about your brain. We learned that the biggest part of the brain is called the cerebrum

It was interesting to learn that the left side of your cerebrum controls the opposite side of your body. So, the left controls the right side of your body. 

We learned that neurons are cells. They send messages to your body and in your brain. Practice builds neuron pathways.

We saw that the elephant's brain is four to five times larger than the human brain. The dog's brain is three times smaller than the human brain.

Long term memories are memories that are old, from a long time ago. For example, some of us could remember things from when we were young children. Short term memories are recent. Things like what we had for breakfast or what color socks we put on this morning are short term memories. It's easy to forget them because there is no neuron pathway yet. 

While we watched the video, we had to take notes. Then we worked together in a team to write this summary using our notes. We also used the "sentence stems" to come up with the sentences.