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Group activity/class discussion
Learn and understand the seven (7) functions of the brain.
SUBJECTS:
Art
Biology
Health
Language
Creative Writing
Discussion of terminology and interesting brain tumour facts.
Subjects:
Health
Mathematics
Statistics
Science
Vocabulary
Create and develop a character who is either a person diagnosed with a brain tumour, a caregiver, a doctor, or a friend.
SUBJECTS:
Arts
Creative Writing
Drama
Learn how a diagnosis affects more than the person diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Subjects:
Comprehension
Reading
Health
Language
Visual Arts
Learn why core values are important and identify core values in action.
SUBJECTS:
Reading
Comprehension
Literature
Social Studies
Learn the functions and locations of the major lobes of the brain by as designed on the papier-mâché hat.
SUBJECTS:
Arts
Biology
Health & Wellness
Science
Identify the major functions of the brain and discuss how the brain works slightly differently between individuals. (Grades 6-8)
Subjects:
Biology
Science
Learn about the fragility of the brain inside the skull.
Subjects:
Health & Wellness
Explore the developments made in relation to brain tumour research.
Subjects:
Biology
History
Science
This activity employs an interactive model of a neuron to demonstrate the all-or-none principle of action potentials as they travel down an axon to the synaptic terminals. Participants are encouraged to use this demonstration to familiarize themselves with the process of chemical transmission.
SUBJECTS:
Biology
Science
This activity entails a race to raise the resting potential of neurons, above threshold values, to generate action potentials. Participants are encouraged to use this demonstration to familiarize themselves with the process of action potential conduction.
SUBJECTS:
Biology
Science
To learn about various factors that can influence our ability to remember something.
SUBJECTS:
Biology
Science
Demonstrate a general mechanism of cancer metastasis to students.
Subjects:
Biology
Science
Learn about memory and recall, and how memory consolidation is impacted by brain tumours and brain tumour treatments.
SUBJECTS:
Science
Psychology
Express feelings of confidence and positivity while strengthening character development.
SUBJECTS:
Creative Writing
English
Health
Social Studies
Support students in understanding the losses that people with brain tumours face upon their diagnosis and throughout their treatment, survivorship and beyond.
SUBJECTS:
Health & Wellness
Social Studies
Familiarizes participants with the health care professionals that commonly make up a child’s brain tumour health care professional team.
SUBJECTS:
Biology
Career Development
Science
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