Brain Hats!

By Anonymous
Our second graders have been working very hard learning about the brain and also beginning to identify where different parts of the brain are located. In order to help them visualize this, they each created a brain hat!

They also learned about what neurons are and that when you learn something new, your neurons fire and create neural pathways as you learn more and more! Below is a model that they each made.



To learn more, ask your child: 

What part of the brain controls your emotions? (amygdala) 

What part of the brain helps you balance? (cerebellum) 

What part of the brain stores your memories? (hippocampus)

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