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Neuroscience For Kids

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Why do we crave chocolate? Do we really use only 10% of our brain? Are there such things as smart pills? You can find the answer to these and many more questions about the brain and nervous system at the Neuroscience for Kids Web site. This information packed site also offers detailed explanations and diagrams of the brain, spinal cord, neurons, sensory system and much more.

PROCEDURES

  1. Use your WWW browser to access the site whose URL is:
    http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html.

  2. Explore the site. Use the bookmark capabilities of your browser to save the site location for future use.

  3. Use the exit command to quit your WWW browser.

This lesson is part of the series "DO-IT Lessons" developed by the University of Washington. Creation of the series of lessons is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 9255803 and 9550003. The lessons are now maintained through funds from the State of Washington. The University of Washington holds the copyright to the series of lessons, however ownership of the Internet resources referenced in the lessons may be found at the resource site. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed at these sites are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington or the State of Washington.

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