Brain workshop

Yesterday morning in the hall we listened to a few teachers talk about how the brain works and things that can go wrong with it. We also disected a sheep's brain, but I didn't do that. We learnt that if the frontal lobe of your brain is damaged, then you could have a very different personality and lose some emotions. We were also told how important sleep is, and how you need a decent amount of sleep for your brain to interpret information that you have learnt throughout the day. If you don't have enough sleep, your brain can't handle it and you won't learn as effectively as you would if you had a good night's sleep.

We then played some memory games, one of which was where we tried to remember 32 items as they went across the conveyor belt. I couldn't remember most of it but some groups did really well. We then did the disection which I didn't do, so I went outside and that's pretty much a summary of what I learnt about the brain, and how it works.