Brain Study

Brain Games

In the fifth grade we are styding the human body. At that time we were styding about the brain. Ms. Coarsey, our teacher, made us make up entertaining games. In this picture Kaley, Michael, and I were practicing our game to make sure it was about the time Ms. Coarsey wanted, which was 10 minutes long. Also you had to finish on time. The game we made was called "The Brain Train." The object of our game was to get to the brain faster than your teammates. Also you had to answer questions on the way, if you got the answer right you would move forward if you got the answer wrong you would stay where you were. It would stay on the card what to do. I think we did very good on our game and alot of people enjoyed it.i think we had to use the quality knowledgeable. I also think that my tablemates would say so too.

Bishop Museum

In this picture I was balancing on a metal platform. This picture was taken at the Bishop Museum, in the Brain Exhibit.The museum exibits change each month and will probably come back shortly. The fifth grade students are still learning about the brain and body. At the Bishop Mueseum I learned alot of fun new facts. One of the facts were, that there are at least 50 different shapes of neurons in your brain that do the same thing, send and recieve messages from and to your body. I am having a lot of fun learning about the brain and body especially because Ms. Coarsey my wonderful teacher is teaching it to us.

Brain Demo by Doctor Belnap

Dr. Belnap generously came to Le Jardin Academy from work so she could show us a real brain. She talked to us about the main parts of the brain there is the cerebrum that controls your thinking, memory, decscissions and your involuntary movements. Also she talked about the cerebellum and how it controls your balance. The other parts of the brain is your hypothalamus that controls and produce your hormones. A fact that she told us is that your hypothalymus is as small as a pea.Some people said the brain smelled like fried chicken. I enjoyed learning about the brain and hope that she had a great time and opportunity to teach children in the fifth grade about the brain.

"How to Project"

In the fifth grade we are learning about Rites of Passages. For our project we all had to pick our own rite of passage that we wanted to write about. My rite of passage that I wrote about was Make Up. I interviewed my mom and I really enjoyed spending time with her , somehow I feel closer to my mom and that makes me very happy.