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BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. Child Development. Ticket to Class What do the following have to do with the human brain?. Walnut Half: Blue Cheese : Grain of Rice :. Pinkish-Grey Jello-Jigglers : Pruning:. ANSWERS. Walnut Half : represents the wrinkled and convoluted surface of the brain. ANSWERS.

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BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

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  1. BRAIN DEVELOPMENT Child Development

  2. Ticket to ClassWhat do the following have to do with the human brain? • Walnut Half: • Blue Cheese: • Grain of Rice: • Pinkish-Grey Jello-Jigglers: • Pruning:

  3. ANSWERS Walnut Half: represents the wrinkled and convoluted surface of the brain.

  4. ANSWERS Blue Cheese: the brain smells like this.

  5. ANSWERS Grain of Rice: you can fit 10,000 neurons in it.

  6. ANSWERS Pinkish-Grey Jello-Jigglers: the brain is a pinkish-grey color and the consistency of jello-jigglers.

  7. ANSWER Pruning: neurons that don’t get used and make no connections, get “pruned”. This happens more rapidly in adolescence. The brain loses elasticity.

  8. BRAIN TRIVIA • • Hardest working, vital organ in the body • • Represents less than 2% of body weight • • Uses 25% of oxygen you breathe • • Oblong shape • • Weighs approximately 3 pounds • • Takes up half the volume in your head • • Commander in chief of everything 24/7 • • All trivia info from previous PPT slides

  9. Created by Kim Graybill • Child Development • 2010

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