NObel WOw!

The first person to name this chap shall receive a sour snake [because learning should be for bribes, not the intrinsic pleasure ... please note the dripping sarcasm]. Explain how he relates to this post for more naturally sweetened joy. :-)

This is an awesome site with educational games which we will review in class. Get an advantage by playing at home ... if your parents will let you.
Pay particular attention to games about "the body" - the human body that is. We are, afterall, engaging in the study of science in the Living World strand.

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

how does our nervous sytem help us learn?

So what is this thing we call a nervous system? Is it something we need to look after? Does it have delicate sensibilities? How does it work? Can the thoughts in my head really be the result of biochemical reactions in my brain?
Maybe we should try to understand our brains better... afterall, we use them every day of our lives.

[and is that correct grammar? - "we", "them", "lives"]

Here are some links to online learning resources:
http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/nervoussystem.asp
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/baw1.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html
http://www.cln.org/themes/brain.html
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/Animals/Mammals/Humans/Nervous_System/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html
A movie about how the brain works
and this last one is gross, but possibly educational :-)

By the Way - there are at least two homework projects secretly embedded in this post...

[here is one]
- follow the link on the previous brackets to see examples of kid's brain art - you will need to make a poster relating your brain to learning, keeping it healthy, or something similar