Brain superhero project PDF

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Superheroes, Villains, Sidekicks and Who? theofBrain In groups no smaller than three and no bigger than five, you are to complete the following unit project. Please not that each member of the group will need to put into their portfolio, so you will need multiple copies. What is the task? You are to make up a superhero or villain for the following 18 areas of the human brain. Additionally, you will make up sidekicks for each of the 6 neurotransmitters. To make up your character you must think what that character would have as their special power and/or special weakness of that part of their brain or that neurotransmitter was ‘super’. By the end you should have 24 separate character. Please group your characters by their brain region. 1. Medulla NEUROTRANSMITTERS: 10. Temporal Lobe 1. Serotonin 11. Parietal Lobe 2. Reticular Formation 2. Dopamine 12. Frontal Lobe 3. Pons 3. Endorphins 13. Primary Motor Cortex 4. Cerebellum 4. Acetylcholine 14. Primary Somatosensory 5. Thalamus 5. GABA Cortex 6. Hypothalamus 6. Norepinephrine 15. Left Hemisphere 7. Hippocampus 16. Right Hemisphere 8. Amygdala 17. Broca’s Area 9. Occipital Lobe 18. Wernicke’s Area

! What will my finished product look like? Your final product will be submitted to me in a binder with the following: • Cover sheet with everyone’s name on it

• Diagram(s) labeling the location of each of the 18 brain areas • 24 Character Descriptions (in order) that include all of the following (you can find a sample on the reverse page)

➢ A name for the character that references the brain area ➢ Visual(s) ➢ A description of the character’s super powers and/or weaknesses ➢ The area of the brain/neurotransmitter used for that character and what it actually controls in the brain

• Each team member must complete and hand in a collaboration rubric or the group’s assignment will not be graded.

• You will not have time to compile this project on the day that it is due. You must have it ready to simply hand it to me that day....