1. What do you think?

2.  Receives information about what is happening both inside and your body.  It directs that way your body responds to information.  It also helps maintain homeostasis.

3. Nucleus Cell body Dendrites Axon Axon Tips

4.  Central Nervous System – consists of the brain and spinal cord.  Peripheral Nervous System – consists of all the nerves located outside of the central nervous system.

5. Central Nervous System  Peripheral Nervous System 

6.  Controls most body functions  Sends and receives messages all over the body  Consists of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem

7.  Interprets input from the senses  Controls the movement of skeletal muscles  Carries out complex mental processes such as learning, remembering, and making judgments  Divided into two halves– the right and left  The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and vice versa  Right – creativity  Left – mathematics and logic

8.  Coordinates the actions of your muscles and helps you keep your balance.  Trick! The two l’s in cerebellum look like two legs keeping you balanced while you’re standing up

9. CControls your body’s involuntary actions. WWhich body functions are involuntary? EExamples: breathing, digestion, swallowing, heartbeat, etc.

10.  Work with a partner to create a poster that shows your understanding of which activities each part of your brain controls.  You must include the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem.  Also show the difference between the left and right sides of the cerebrum.