January 12th, 2018 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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January 11th, 2018 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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January 10th, 2018 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The spinal cord and advocating for people with spinal cord injuries. 

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Level#1

The spinal cord is a rope-like structure that is made of many nerve cells. This cord runs from the base of the brain down to the lower part of your back. It is protected by your backbone. The spinal cord acts as the nervous system's center for processing information. Most of the messages between your brain and the rest of your body must travel along the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of nerves that extend from your spinal cord to all parts of your body.

1. What is the spinal cord?

2. Where does the spinal cord begin and end?

3. What protects the spinal cord from being injured?

Level#2

The spinal cord is a rope-like structure that is made of many nerve cells. This cord runs from the base of the brain down to the lower part of your back. It is protected by your backbone. The spinal cord acts as the nervous system's center for processing information. Most of the messages between your brain and the rest of your body must travel along the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of nerves that extend from your spinal cord to all parts of your body. Alana Shepherd is not a doctor or a famous person, but she has made a difference for many people with a spinal cord injury. In 1973, Alana's son, James, injured his spinal cord in a surfing accident. At the time, there were no hospitals that could treat his type of injuries in the southeastern United States, where he lived. Because he could not get the care he needed at home, James had to travel a great distance to recover. Alana set out to make sure other families in the region would find the care they needed closer to home. Two years later, Alana and her husband, Harold, started the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

1. What is the spinal cord, and where is it located?





2. How is the spinal cord protected, and what does it do as a part of your nervous system?





3. Where do most of the messages between your brain and the rest of your body travel along?









Level#3

The spinal cord is a rope-like structure that is made of many nerve cells. This cord runs from the base of the brain down to the lower part of your back. It is protected by your backbone. The spinal cord acts as the nervous system's center for processing information. Most of the messages between your brain and the rest of your body must travel along the spinal cord. There are 31 pairs of nerves that extend from your spinal cord to all parts of your body. Alana Shepherd is not a doctor or a famous person, but she has made a difference for many people with a spinal cord injury. In 1973, Alana's son, James, injured his spinal cord in a surfing accident. At the time, there were no hospitals that could treat his type of injuries in the southeastern United States, where he lived. Because he could not get the care he needed at home, James had to travel a great distance to recover. Alana set out to make sure other families in the region would find the care they needed closer to home. Two years later, Alana and her husband, Harold, started the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Shepherd Center is a hospital that treats people with a spinal cord injury or other nervous system disorders. Its mission is to help people with spinal cord injuries to become as independent as possible. Thanks to Alana Shepherd's hard work, the Shepherd Center is the largest hospital in the United States that treats spinal cord injuries.

1. Explain what the spinal cord is, where does it begin and end, and what protects it.







2. Explain what the spinal cord does, what travels along it, and how many nerves extend from it.






3. Explain what Alana Shepherd did for many people, and what motivated her to do it.

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January 9th, 2018 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Brain and Central Nervous System. 

*To improve your MATH SKILLS spend at least 20 minutes practicing them using IXL.COM. (REMEMBER TO ENTER YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD WHEN LOGGING ON! THAT WILL BE PROOF THAT YOU DID IT!

Level#1

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem.

1. What is the main job of the brain?






2. What is the brain made up of?






3. What are the three main parts of the brain?







Level#2


Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance.

1. What is the largest part of the brain, and what type of muscle movements does it control?






2. Besides controlling voluntary muscle movements, what other activities does the cerebrum perform?






3. What is the name of the part of the brain located just below the back of the cerebrum, and what does it do for us?








Level#3


Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance. The brainstem is the third part of the brain. It connects the brain to the spinal cord. In the lower part of the brainstem, there is an organ called the medulla. The medulla controls involuntary body functions such as breathing, digestion, and heart rate.

1. Explain what part of the brain is located just below the back of the cerebrum, and what two jobs does it do?

2. What is the name of the third part of the brain, and what does it do?

3. What is the name of the organ in the lower part of the brainstem, and what does it control?

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January 8th, 2018 MAUS by Art Spiegelman

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Brain and Central Nervous System. 

*To improve your MATH SKILLS spend at least 20 minutes practicing them using IXL.COM. (REMEMBER TO ENTER YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD WHEN LOGGING ON! THAT WILL BE PROOF THAT YOU DID IT!

Level#1

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem.

1. What is your nervous system made up of?

2. What kind of cells make up the organs of your nervous system?

3. What else does your nervous system include?

Level#2

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance.

1. What are the parts that make up your nervous system, and what are these organs all made of?

2. What is the main job of the brain, and what is the brain made up of?

3. How many main parts is the brain made up of, and what are they?

Level#3

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance. The brainstem is the third part of the brain. It connects the brain to the spinal cord. In the lower part of the brainstem, there is an organ called the medulla. The medulla controls involuntary body functions such as breathing, digestion, and heart rate.

1. Explain what your nervous system is made up of, what are these organs made of, and what else is part of this system?

2. Explain what the main job of the brain is, what the brain is made up of, and what are the three main parts of the brain?

3. What is the largest part of the brain, what does it control, and what other job does it do?













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January 5th, 2018 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Brain and Central Nervous System.

*To improve your MATH SKILLS spend at least 20 minutes practicing them using IXL.COM. (REMEMBER TO ENTER YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD WHEN LOGGING ON! THAT WILL BE PROOF THAT YOU DID IT!)

Level#1

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem.

1. What is your nervous system made up of?

2. What kind of cells make up the organs of your nervous system?

3. What else does your nervous system include?

Level#2

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance.

1. What are the parts that make up your nervous system, and what are these organs all made of?

2. What is the main job of the brain, and what is the brain made up of?

3. How many main parts is the brain made up of, and what are they?

Level#3

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance. The brainstem is the third part of the brain. It connects the brain to the spinal cord. In the lower part of the brainstem, there is an organ called the medulla. The medulla controls involuntary body functions such as breathing, digestion, and heart rate.

1. Explain what your nervous system is made up of, what are these organs made of, and what else is part of this system?





2. Explain what the main job of the brain is, what the brain is made up of, and what are the three main parts of the brain?






3. What is the largest part of the brain, what does it control, and what other job does it do?












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January 4th, 2018 MAUS by: Art Spiegelman

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Brain and Central Nervous System. 

*To improve your MATH SKILLS spend at least 20 minutes practicing them using IXL.COM. (REMEMBER TO ENTER YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD WHEN LOGGING ON! THAT WILL BE PROOF THAT YOU DID IT!)

Level#1

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem.

1. What is your nervous system made up of?

2. What kind of cells make up the organs of your nervous system?

3. What else does your nervous system include?

Level#2

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance.

1. What are the parts that make up your nervous system, and what are these organs all made of?

2. What is the main job of the brain, and what is the brain made up of?

3. How many main parts is the brain made up of, and what are they?

Level#3

Your nervous system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and a network of nerves. These organs are all made of nerve cells. Your nervous system also includes your sense organs. The main job of the brain is to receive, interpret, and send impulses to the rest of your body. The brain is made up of more than 160 billion nerve cells. There are three main parts of the brain; the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. The cerebrum controls many voluntary muscle movements. It also controls thinking, learning, memory, speech, and decision making. Another job of the cerebrum is to interpret messages from the sense organs. The part of the brain that is located just below the back of the cerebrum is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps to coordinate muscle movements. The cerebellum also help your to keep your balance. The brainstem is the third part of the brain. It connects the brain to the spinal cord. In the lower part of the brainstem, there is an organ called the medulla. The medulla controls involuntary body functions such as breathing, digestion, and heart rate.

1. Explain what your nervous system is made up of, what are these organs made of, and what else is part of this system?





2. Explain what the main job of the brain is, what the brain is made up of, and what are the three main parts of the brain?






3. What is the largest part of the brain, what does it control, and what other job does it do?












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