Brain Map
True or False: The cerebrum is the thinking part of the brain made up of four lobes (Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Occipital Lobe).
True!
Melatonin is our _____ hormone. It helps regulate our sleep and wake cycles.
Sleep
We use this organ to think, remember, feel emotions, solve problems, make decisions, and control the rest of our bodies.
Brain
Day of the week we have Brains ON!
Monday
Today's date
January 10th
PFC helps us make good choices, pay attention, and learn. What does PFC stand for?
Prefrontal Cortex
Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins are ____ hormones. When you feel good, your brain is releasing one of the _____ hormones!
Happy :)
We have been practising core breathing with a _____ so that we can train our brain and body to stay calm. (Hint: it's an instrument)
Chime
Name of three of our Compass Elementary School staff.
Kim, Tiffany, Ashleigh, Careena, Mr. H, Miss Hone, Haruka
What we used to make a brain model.
Play-Doh
This part of the brain reacts to fear, danger, and threats. (Hint: we made a model of this with water bottle, sand and glitter).
Amygdala
Cortisol is the ______ hormone, which is released when we experience something difficult or threatening (example: escape room)
Stress
True or False: In Brains ON!, we are learning more about the brain to help make wise choices and our words and actions.
True!
The number of students we have in the SR class right now.
Five :)
True or False: Regularly engaging in memory exercises does not help improve our hippocampus' ability to lock away memories for permanent storage.
False
This part of the brain is responsible for remembering details and storing memories. (Hint: the first part of the word is a name of an animal).
Hippocampus
Adrenaline is the ______ hormone, which causes us to have a fight, flight or freeze response.
Organ(s)
Tiffany's favourite colour or favourite chips.
Tiffany blue or SmartFood
When our amygdala takes charge, we react QUICKLY or SLOWLY.
Quickly
This part of the brain carries around important messages to all of the different parts of your body. (Hint: starts with the letter 'n')
Neuron passages
A scenario that would cause a fight, flight or freeze response.
Going to a new school, completing a test, meeting new people, coming across a dangerous animal, screeching tires, smell of smoke, jump scares in movies, riding a roller coaster, haunted houses
This part of the brain makes and releases hormones (chemicals) that tell different parts of your body what to do. (Hint: starts with letter 'p')
Pituitary gland
Mr. H's birthday
January 30th
We made this to represent the pituitary gland, which produces hormones and releases them into the bloodstream.
Stress ball