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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“The Brain Controls the Body means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
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- A simple body outline printout or drawing
- Pencil and labels
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Worked example. The brain sends signals so muscles know when to move.
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The Brain Controls the Body means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: A simple body outline printout or drawing; Pencil and labels. 1. Say the goal of The Brain Controls the Body in plain words once. 2. Adult points to one organ or system and names its job in plain words. 3. Child labels three parts and says the job of each. 4. Fresh check: one fresh organ/system job. Record and stop. Done: three correct labels with a job sentence each. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Your Brain & Nervous System
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Check understanding
- 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?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- The Human Body
- Age range
- Ages 5–11
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