Week 4 - Hemispheric Specialisation, The Spinal Cord and Brain Damage

Session 5 - Hemispheric Specialisation

Check homework from last session - run through the correct responses.

Move onto the concept of Hemispheric Specialisation - show relevant PowerPoint and Youtube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs9WO2B8uI

Students are then to complete their Brain Balloons - using a white balloon and a marker pen. Refer to LA 4.8 on pg. 198 of the textbook.

Continue on with the PowerPoint covering the Reticular Activating System and the Thalamus.

Students are to read from 198 - 206 of the textbook and complete all questions in LA 4.12 in their workbooks.


Session 6 - The Spinal Cord & Neurons

Run through the homework - discuss the key concepts with the class.

Move back through the 'Hemispheric Specialisation' PP - run through the concepts of the Thalamus, Spinal Cord and Neurons.

Watch the following clips concerning the movement of information and neurons:

Conduct the 'Neuron Class Flow' activity with the class.


Students are to read from 206 - 213 of the textbook and complete all questions in LA 4.13 in their workbooks.


Session 7 - Brain Function, Damage and Studies

Revisit the concept of neurons - MUST REMEMBER THE ROLE/FUNCTION OF A NEURON - VERY, VERY IMPORTANT!!!

Move onto the 'Brain Function' PP - covering concepts such as Broca's and Wernicke's Aphasia, Spatial Neglect and Split-brain Studies.

Clips that are worth viewing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZ7QTiaGqE 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCv4K5aStdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7DwNFFe6Ws

Students are to read from 213 - 224 of the textbook and complete the following LA's in their workbooks:
4.14
4.15
4.17 (do not do Q's 9&11)