Learning Objectives 1. To understand the human brain and its functions. 2. To understand how to keep our brains healthy.

How much do you know about your brain? You need to decide whether the following statements are true or false… Your brain uses 20% of your energy. There are three parts to your brain. Your brain has more than 100 billion neurons (brain cells). Albert Einstein’s brain was a third of the size of a normal adult. If you don’t use it you lose it. You only use 1-5% of your brain’s potential. All your neurons joined together would stretch from here to the moon.

How much do you know about your brain? You need to decide whether the following statements are true or false… Your brain needs plenty of oxygen and water to work properly. Your brain is the size of a large grapefruit. Learning makes your brain more powerful. Your brain consists of two halves. Alcohol kills brain cells. Your brain is as powerful as a computer the size of the Empire State Building. Once you’ve killed a brain cell it will never be replaced.

All the answers are true! interesting facts about Now you know lots of interesting facts about the brain!

the things you can think of that a bumble bee’s brain The Bumble Bee … …has 900 brain cells …has a brain the size of a grain of salt On page ‘knowing your brain’ in your workbooks you need to write down all the things you can think of that a bumble bee’s brain has to do…

…has 100 000 million brain cells Your brain … …has 100 000 million brain cells …is about the size of two fists put together Now you need to write down all the things you can think of that your brain has to do…

What differences are there between a bumble bee’s brain and our own?

learning objectives today? Have we achieved our learning objectives today? We should now know a little bit more about the human brain and its functions. Can you remember any key facts about our brains? We should also know how to keep our brains healthy. Can you remember anything we can do to keep our brains healthy?