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Ben Williams

Teacher Created Materials

5301 Oceanus Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030

http://www.tcmpub.com

ISBN 978-1-4333-3634-8

2012 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Reprinted 2013

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Based on writing from TIME For Kids.

TIME For Kids and the TIME For Kids logo are registered trademarks of TIME Inc.

Used under license.

Consultant

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Erickson, Production Director

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director

Jamey Acosta, Editor

Stephanie Reid, Photo Editor

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-793-0 (e-book)

Table of Contents

The Worlds Fastest Computer .................

What Is a Brain? ........................................

How the Brain Works ..............................

Parts of the Brain .....................................

Use Your Noodle .....................................

A Healthy Brain .......................................

Glossary ..................................................... 28

The Worlds Fastest

Computer

There is an amazing computer. It

is faster than any other computer in the

world. It can understand speech and

writing. It can come up with new ideas.

It can make plans. It can control a whole,

complicated system and do many things

at once without shutting down.

In fact, the more it is used, the better

it gets.

What is this amazing computer?

It is your brain, of course!

Superbrain!

How fast is your brain?

Some people say

that it can handle

quadrillion instructions

each second. Thats

10,000,000,000,000,000!

What Is a Brain?

Most animals have a brain. But your

brain the human brain is the most

amazing brain of all. It is larger and more

complicated than most brains.

The human brain sits inside the skull

at the top and back of the head. It is about

the size of a small cauliflower, and it is

shaped a little like one, too.

The brain is very important. That is

why it is protected by the hard skull bones.

Animal Brains

bottle-nosed dolphin

human

chimpanzee

rhesus monkey rat

5cm

Touch your finger to your nose. Clap

your hands. Sing a song. You can do all

of these things because your brain tells

your body what to do.

Your brain is always on the job. It is

like a boss and all the parts of your body

are the workers. All you have to do is

think a thought and your brain makes the

workers get right to it.

For example, if you want to run, your

brain thinks, Run, and your legs and

feet do their jobs.

If you want to eat, your brain sends

a message to all the right parts. Just like

that, you are eating.

Your brain is so amazing that it

can make your body do some things

without you needing to think about

them. You breathe without thinking.

Your heart beats without thinking. Your

body temperature stays just right. These

are just some of the things your brain

handles on its o wn .

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