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Brain Review- Have A Ball!
Learning Target: Identify & explain the function of the structures included in the hindbrain, midbrain, and
forebrain.
Directions:
Option 1 “Round Robin Brain”: Each student will be given a different brain part to represent (see cards
below). Students will stand in a circle so that all class members can see the brain part each person is
representing. A ball will start in the center of the circle, the teacher will read the first statement from the list of
statements below, and the individual who represents the brain description which was read will retrieve the ball.
The teacher will read the next statement and the student with the ball will determine which brain area is
presented by the statement and throw the ball to the individual representing that respective brain part. The
game will continue in this fashion as the instructor reads through each of the statements.
Option 2 “Hot Potato”: A ball will be placed in the center of the two teams. Each team member will be
identified with a card indicating the brain area they represent (see below). The teacher will read aloud each of
the statements regarding different brain areas. The students from each team must determine which brain part
is represented by the statement and send a representative to recover the ball. This process will be repeated
for each statement.
Note: Each of these aforementioned options can be made into a competitive game with students if the
instructor would like to issue points for correct responses or for correcting an incorrect response. If there are
fewer students in class than assigned brain parts, students can represent multiple brain parts. If there are
more students in class than brain parts, duplicates can be made of some of the brain parts.
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Brain Parts to be assigned to students
Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Thalamus
Pituitary Gland
Corpus Callosum
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
Wernicke’s Area
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Prefrontal Cortex
Motor Cortex
Pons
Amygdala
Frontal Lobe
Association Areas
Broca’s area
Brainstem
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Parietal Lobe
Medulla
Reticular Formation
Cerebrum
Cerebral Cortex
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Statements for Instructor to Read:
1. Holds the ability to recognize faces - temporal lobe
2. Responsible for being able to see written words as visual stimulation - occipital lobe
3. Processes all incoming sensory information EXCEPT smell - thalamus
4. Lobe responsible for auditory processing – temporal lobe
5. Controls the endocrine system - pituitary gland
6. Bundle of axons connecting the two hemispheres of the brain that aids in communication - corpus
callosum
7. Responsible for balance and coordinates voluntary movement - cerebellum
8. Responsible for the four F’s of feeding, fighting, fleeing and flirting - hypothalamus
9. Responsible for speech comprehension - Wernicke’s area
10. Lobe that contains the area mentioned in the previous question - temporal lobe
11. Area (not lobe) that controls higher order thinking and cognitive processing - prefrontal cortex
12. Controls the endocrine system by controlling the pituitary gland - hypothalamus
13. Controls voluntary movements - motor cortex
14. Controls sleep and dreaming - pons
15. Controls emotions such as fear, aggression and rage - amygdala
16. Filters and relays sensory information to the appropriate areas of the cerebral cortex - thalamus
17. Responsible for fine motor skills - cerebellum
18. Area that holds information regarding procedural memory - cerebellum
19. Area responsible for Impulse control - frontal lobe
20. Initiates smooth voluntary movement, balance, eye movement, and posture - cerebellum
21. Integrates sensory input with stored memory – association areas
22. Area responsible for speech production - Broca’s area
23. Lobe that holds the former area - Frontal Lobe
24. Responsible for language reception – Wernicke’s area
25. Responsible for maintenance functions including eating, drinking, sex and internal body
temperature - hypothalamus
26. Lobe responsible for muscle movement - frontal lobe
27. Oldest and innermost part of the brain- brainstem
28. Area responsible for reasoning, planning, and judgment - frontal lobe
29. This area receives sensory input for touch, pain, temperature and body position - parietal lobe
30. This area holds information about reflexes such as sneezing, coughing and swallowing - medulla
31. The area plays a role in the reward centers of the brain - hypothalamus
32. The area is responsible for short-term and long-term planning - prefrontal cortex
33. Controls sleep and levels of arousal or attention - reticular formation
34. Responsible for survival functions such as heartbeat and breathing - medulla
35. This is made up of the axons of neurons and glial cells and is called white matter - cerebrum
36. This outer layer is made up of the cell bodies of neurons called gray matter - cerebral cortex
37. This area directs messages to the opposite site of the brain - brainstem
38. Damage to one of these areas my result in aphasia (a problem with processing or articulating
speech) – Wernicke’s area or Broca’s area
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Statements for Instructor to Read (continued):
39. Processes information from visual receptors - occipital lobe
40. Responsible for secreting the hormone for growth in the body - pituitary gland
41. Differences in this area distinguish humans from other animals - frontal lobe/prefrontal
cortex/cerebrum or association areas.
42. Holds the somatosensory cortex - parietal lobe
43. This area is sometimes cut in patients with severe epilepsy to prevent the epilepsy from
damaging both hemispheres of the brain. – corpus callosum
44. Damage to this area causes limited emotional responses - amygdala
45. These areas are located on the brainstem just before the spinal cord enters the brain - pons and
medulla
46. This area is activated by incoming sensory information - parietal lobe
47. This area is activated when listening or humming a tune - temporal lobe
48. This covers the cerebrum - cerebral cortex
49. This area is responsible for outgoing messages directing movement to muscles - motor cortex
50. Responsible for filtering incoming information and sending along relevant information to the
thalamus. - reticular formation
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