Brain Project Requirements

Nervous System Project

Due November 1st-4th, 2011!!!

Your final assessment for the Nervous System Unit is to make a model of the brain and orally explain your learning.

You may use any materials that you can find around the house. Some ideas for things to use are: dry noodles, beans, clay, play dough, cardboard, Legos, cake, or cookies. Just about anything will work as long as it does not create a mess in the classroom; no ice sculptures or ice cream models.

You may not just draw a picture on paper, but you may glue things to poster board or cardboard, or build the model any other way you would like to. This is your unit ending final grade. I am looking to see what you have learned during this unit and how you are able to communicate that learning to me. Please show me that you care by spending some time and effort on this project and it will reflect in your grade. The majority of your grade will be the oral interview, but your project will be at least 1/3 of it. The entire project will have 30 possible points to earn.

You brain model will need to include:

• Cerebrum
• Cerebellum
• Brain stem/medulla
• Spinal cord

You will need to explain each area of the brain and what its function is to me during our oral interview.

You can turn in this project any time during the week of November 1st to the 4^th, but it must be turned in by the 4^th. If turned in late, you will be docked 5 points for each day it is late.