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Spinal Column and Neurons

Introduction

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Activity 1

AYour gross-motorbrain lives inside your skull, but it's floating in brain juice, or sensorycerebrospinal activityfluid. toPut geteggs inside a plastic egg shell, one by itself and one with water, and drop them from a height. Check on the wiggleseggs, out.and see which is damaged.

Activity 2

AMake morea sedatemodel activity,brain usuallycell involvingusing letters, numbers,playdough, or fine-motor.pom-poms and pipecleaners. Add the pom-poms and pipecleaners on to the anatomy model.

Lunch Snack

IdeallyEat themedthose topoor thehardboiled topic.eggs from earlier.

Activity 3

CraftingUse activity.pasta, cheerios, and pipecleaners to make a model of the spinal cord. Add it to the anatomy model.

Activity 4 

Any other fun optional bonus.