The Brain Controls the Body
Understand that the brain is the body’s control centre: it receives messages from the senses, thinks and makes decisions, and sends messages through nerves to tell muscles what to do
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“Can your child explain what the brain does — that it’s in charge of thinking, feeling, and telling the body what to do?”
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- Activity. Understand that the brain is the body’s control centre: it receives messages from the senses, thinks and makes decisions, and sends messages through nerves to tell muscles what to do
What to notice. State that the brain is inside the skull and controls the whole body • Describe the basic loop: senses send information to the brain, the brain decides what to do, and sends messages to muscles • Give an example (e.g. eyes see a ball coming, brain decides to catch it, nerves tell hands to move)
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Can your child explain what the brain does — that it’s in charge of thinking, feeling, and telling the body what to do?
Understand that the brain is the body’s control centre: it receives messages from the senses, thinks and makes decisions, and sends messages through nerves to tell muscles what to do
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- State that the brain is inside the skull and controls the whole body
- Describe the basic loop: senses send information to the brain, the brain decides what to do, and sends messages to muscles
- Give an example (e.g. eyes see a ball coming, brain decides to catch it, nerves tell hands to move)
“Can your child explain what the brain does — that it’s in charge of thinking, feeling, and telling the body what to do?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- The Human Body
- Age range
- Ages 5–7