Task #1 - Use your research questions as a guide to take notes on your chosen topic. You must choose one of the topics below. You do not only need to do research on the questions provided. They are only a guide and they will not be collected.
1. How does caffeine affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience for Kids
B. Does Drinking Coffee Prevent Parkinson's Disease?
C. Caffeine and Dopamine from "How Stuff Works"
D. How Caffeine Affects Sleep from "How Stuff Works"
E. Health Benefits of Caffeine from "How Stuff Works"
2. How does cocaine affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience for Kids
B. National Institute of Drug Abuse "Crack and Cocaine"
3. How does alcohol affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Alcohol and the Brain
B. What's Your Poison - Alcohol
C. Alcohol's Damaging Affects on the Brain
4. How does nicotine (cigarettes) affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience for Kids
B. PBS/Nova "The Dope on Nicotine" - This link has a series of pages. The best information about the brain appears on the last few pages of the article. You may read all of the pages for this article.
5. What is a concussion? How do sports like soccer affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Soccer and the Brain
B. Web MD - Concussion Overview
C. American Academy of Family Physicians - What is a Concussion?
6. What are chemical weapons and nerve agents and how do they affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Chemical Weapons and Nerve Agents
B. How Nerve Agents Work
7. What are neurotoxins and what do they do? (These include scorpion and spider venom.)
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Neurotoxins
8. What is Mad Cow Disease and what does it do?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Mad Cow Disease
9. What is a stroke?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Stroke
10. What is Alzheimer’s disease?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Alzheimer's disease
11. What is Parkinson’s disease?
A. What is Parkinson's disease? - KidsHealth
B. Does Drinking Coffee Prevent Parkinson's disease?
12. What causes headaches and migraines?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Migraines
B. Neuroscience for Kids - Does Botox Help Migraines
C. Headache Drawings Help Doctors
D. How Do Pain relievers Work? From KidsHealth
E. What is a Headache? - From KidsHealth
13. What happens when we sleep and dream?
A. Neuroscience for Kids - Sleep
B. CBS News -60 Minutes The Science of Sleep
C. Brain Basics - Understanding Sleep
D. Why Do We Dream - PBS Kids
E. Psychology Today - "Why Do We Dream"
F. Why Sleep Is Important
G. Stroke Attacks Dreams
H. Sleep May Enhance Memory and Learning
I. Brain Tries to Help After Sleep Deprivation
J. Sleep and Dreaming Experiments
K. Do Animals Dream?
14. How does marijuana affect the nervous system?
A. Neuroscience For Kids - Marijuana
B. How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain
15. What is rabies?
A. Neuroscience For Kids -Rabies
B. CDC - Rabies for Kids
16. What is a reflex?
A. What Are Reflexes? - KidsHealth
B. Why Do I Shiver?
17. What Causes Fear?
A. What Causes Fear
