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Brains in a Box: What Your Brain Can Do (Module 2)
Relationship to the National Science Education Standards
This mission aligns with several standards identified in the NSES: unifying concepts and processes, life science content standards, and standards for science as inquiry. The charts on the next page identify how the mission aligns with each of these standards.
| UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES |
| Levels K–4 |
How Mission Is Aligned |
| Systems, order, and organization |
The mission introduces students to the idea that the brain is one system that is part of a larger system–the human body–and that both systems work together to enable people to function. |
| LIFE SCIENCE STANDARDS |
| Levels K–4 |
How Mission Is Aligned |
| Characteristics of organisms |
This mission introduces students to the concept that all animals have some kind of brain and that there are similarities and differences among the brains of different organisms. |
| SCIENCE AS INQUIRY |
| Levels K–4 |
How Mission Is Aligned |
| Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry |
Students go through the steps of scientific inquiry: observing, making predictions, completing an investigation to test their predictions, and drawing conclusions. |
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Module 2 Contents
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Module 2 Documents
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Ordering Information
This package can be ordered by calling
1-877-NIDA-NIH and request "BPPACK"
Or it can be ordered online at backtoschool.drugabuse.gov.
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Contact Information
For questions regarding NIDA's Science Education Program and Materials, contact
Cathrine Sasek, Ph.D., e-mail: csasek@nih.gov.
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