Brain+Parts+Portfolio

=Brain Anatomy and Psychology Portfolio=

__Overview:__

For this portfolio, you will completing a series of discrete assignments. The portfolio will be graded as a whole, and will include marks for completeness, appearance, following directions as well as for the accuracy and depth of the content. The document below is a cover/instruction sheet that you will turn in as part of your completed portfolio. It includes a rubric. There is a reflection assignment (see below) that has its own rubric.

Cover Sheet for Portfolio (staple to pages you will be turning in)



=Resources:=

Some of the assignments below have links, etc attached to them. Of course look at links where provided. For diagrams, you might find it useful to look at the resources here. Check out different ones to get the info you need.

Hopes Brain Tutorial

This site from Standford University is quite comprehensive. Click on diagrams and access drop down menus for help with labeling and functions.

One of the Presentations from class.



Here's one showing the structure of a neuron and more detail of parts of the brain.



=__**Assignments:**__=


 * I. Phineas Gage**

[|Article on Gage from "Damn Interesting" site]

Read the article/finish watching the movie we saw in class and complete the page on him. Copy here:




 * II. Lobes of the Brain**

Using the sheet handed out in class (copy below), complete the diagramming of the lobes of the brain:

For each lobe, be sure to note at least 4 key functions it supports.




 * III. Lateral View of the Brain**

Follow the written instructions to complete the diagram. Copy below




 * IV The Limbic System**

There is a two sided document for this section. One side is the diagram to color and label, and the other side has additional instructions for coloring and a diagram to complete. Do both sides, please.

Limbic System Doc B


 * IV. Frontline on Inside the Adolescent Brain**

Below is a link to the video we started to watch in class. Complete the response sheet for it and include it with the work you hand in for the portfolio.




 * Inside the Adolescent Brain**


 * VI. Reflection**