Brain Mart's K-8 Stuff - Brain and Sensory Systems Products for Children

About the Model: This colorful teaching model was designed specifically for hands-on use with young children. The model is made of resilient, non-toxic, damage-proof foam. Students can remove and manipulate the brain pieces to explore the organization and function of the brain. Removable pieces stimulate problem-solving skills, develop small motor skills, and stimulate interest in brain gross anatomy. Removable pieces include the meningeal area (blue) neocortex (yellow) cerebellum (red) brainstem and spinal cord (orange) hypothalamus (green) and spinal column (white).
Every model is accompanied by an excellent reproducible black-line master activity card. The left activity card presents a complete line drawing of a multipolar neuron, and the right card presents a master for regional coloring. There are dozens of ways to use the masters -- use as lecture/background preparation or for quizzes. The packet also includes 10 well conceived "extension activities" that allow the teacher to prepare fun activities for student groups or individual projects...

Did you know that your brain is roughly the size of a large grapefruit? Award-winning author Seymour Simon clearly and skillfully exposes the many wonders of the brain and nervous system in The Brain: Our Nervous System. Author of more than 150 children's books about science, including The Heart: Our Circulatory System, Muscles: Our Muscular System, and Bones: Our Skeletal System, Simon has a knack for piquing the curiosity of youngsters and clearly communicating scientific facts. The Brain, written for ages 8 and older, is a solid launching pad for further investigation of the organ that makes us who we are. Kids love learning that our brains grow dramatically until we are about 7 years old, that our spines have 33 vertebrae, and that our skulls are made of 28 bones. Large, full-color photographs and illustrations show the fascinating areas of the human brain--a positron emission tomography (PET) photo, for example, shows the dramatically different levels of visual stimulation to the brain when your eyes are open or closed. Two to three paragraphs of large type per page, plus one full-color illustration per spread, help make The Brain just the right amount of information for one grapefruit-sized brain to take in. Hardcover.

Brainy Pencil Toppers
Web Price $4.95/10 pcs

Ok, let's talk about pencils for a minute. Good while they have erasers on one end; pretty much worthless when they don't. You have a couple of options. Either get the pyramidal-shaped replacements like all the geeks have, or use the stylish pencil topper shown at the left. As you use the brainy topper/eraser it erodes without a lot of dust, and better yet, it begins to resemble the neocortical pathology indicative of Alzheimer's or Picks disease. The toppers are sold in bags of 10 pieces in assorted colors. Our lawyer has informed us that these toppers can be a choking hazard for young children, so, if you have an orally fixated kid (or if you're orally fixated yourself) you're on your own...

The Walking Brain wind-up will keep you busy for hours...wind it up, put it on a solid surface, and it will walk away on its two black plastic feet. The walker will catch the attention of young and old. We've also heard that the walkers are great ice-breakers on blind dates. Measures 2.5" x 2" x 2".

This is a fun product that allows anyone to "grow" a brain. When you remove the brain from the package it measures about 1.5" square. To "grow" the brain it is placed in room temperature water and allowed to expand. Over the course of about 48-96 hours the brain takes the approximate shape and size of a real human brain. It also has a slightly "slick" tactile feeling that kids love. The hydrated brains can take a lot of abuse, so teachers don't have to worry about these brains falling apart during activity periods. If you hydrate it in a water solution that has food coloring, it can be tinted (we did red, of course...). The hydrated non-toxic brain can then be left in a jar, or allowed to dry again. When it is allowed dry the brain shrinks to its original compressed size.
The "growing brain" is a great classroom project, because kids love to keep track of its growth. It's even great out of the classroom...For instance; these expanded brains look fantastic on the kitchen window sill or in a Mason jar on your desk. You can label the jars "Student that got caught cheating...", or something similar.
The package has a fact sheet with "Incredible Brain Facts" (did you know that different kinds of experiences change the brain physically? -- Brain Fact #4). In addition to the listing of facts, the package illustrates the location of the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. Use room temperature water only to grow your brain...

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