Summary
Explains the brain as the body's control center that takes in information from the senses and directs everything we think and do.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
The brain is the body's control center. It receives signals from your senses, makes sense of them, and sends messages back to move and think.
- What job does the brain do for the rest of the body?
- How does information from your eyes reach your brain?
- Name something your brain controls without you thinking about it.
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: brain, control center, senses, signal.
Try it: List three things your brain is doing right now (seeing, breathing, thinking). Share one that surprised you.