Growing Dendrites

In Room 8 we have been learning about the brain and what goes on inside our head when we are learning new things. 

As you can see, here are a few students drawing diagrams.   

      We have also been doing some art around neurons using straws and dye. Here are some students having some fun creating dendrites.

Here is picture of the finished artwork .

By Gwyneth and Ellen

Our Wonderful Brains!

This week Room 8 have been learning about the parts of our brain.

We learnt that the cerebral cortex (the outer wrinkly part) is made up of 4 main lobes that control different things.

We know that if our brains are damaged then certain functions like our speech, personality, and our ability to problem solve etc can be impaired. This is why we need to protect our wonderful brains by wearing a helmet when riding a bike!

Here we are hard at work researching and discussing with a buddy.