A school of fish

click to enlarge We have covered major body systems in our school before: the cardiovascular system , the nervous system , a genetics un...

During this unit, we also discussed the effect of various drugs on the brain. Here are some interesting animations showing the effect of al...

A few things I had pictures for, that didn't fit in on my other posts: We tried out the "conservation of liquids" test on ...

We had a lot of fun learning about memory and working on tricks to improve our memories! We learned about mnemonic devices and practiced ...

We spent a day talking about Pain---what causes it, what it is for, pain management strategies, etc---and along with that we discussed the...

Seb made this "3-D" Rubick's Cube, using perspective to make it look more real. He got the idea from this video . We had a...

We had a great time studying the cerebellum, which coordinates muscle movement and balance. We also learned the new word "propriocep...

During our discussion of the limbic system and emotions, we talked about body language and facial expressions, and we took pictures of ea...

This one is Seb's crystal-growing machine We learned about homeostasis and positive and negative feedback cycles, and then I had th...

I remember my brother Philip doing "body tracing" art in 5th grade---they just drew pictures of themselves wearing the clothes ...

I found lots of ideas for spinal cord models ( this one made with a pool noodle is cool, and I liked this one with gummy rings too), bu...

We got a chance to see a lot of the structures we'd learned about when we dissected this sheep's brain! I got it here  (totally w...