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Brain Waves Education Program

Grades 1-3

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The Human Brain
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What is the most important part of your body?
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YOUR BRAIN!
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Your brain sends messages in your body, it is important for everything you do.
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Eating, smelling, talking, your heartbeat, walking, and more!

How do we protect our brains? Wear a helmet!
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The 5 Senses
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Humans have 5 basic senses: touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight. When you use your senses, information is sent to your brain.
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Learning junction. (2017). Human Sense Organs | Learn about five Senses. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2caC-uI7l
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The 5 senses can be connected! For example: Smell is linked to Taste, and they work together to bring out the flavour of our favourite foods!
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Smell
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The sense of smell allows us to detect chemicals in the air. 

Smell is important for many reasons!
The brain links smell to memory and also to emotions! For example, popcorn might make you think of fun times you had at the movie theatre!
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Some people in the world have no sense of smell. What would you miss smelling if you could not smell?

Taste
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There are 4 types of taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty and Bitter. 
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What are some of your favourite things to taste?

Vision
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Vision is considered the most important sense!

It is important for:
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Your eyes send information to your brain about what you see! Do you see a bunny or duck in the image below? Maybe you can see both!
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HINT:

The duck is facing the left, and the bunny is facing the right

Hearing
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Hearing is important for 5 reasons: 
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SVG SILH. (n.d.) SVG > stickman concentration stick figure. Retrieved from https://svgsilh.com/image/151797.htm
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Close your eyes for one minute and listen to the world around you. What do you hear?
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Why else might you need your hearing? We’ll give you some examples!
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Touch
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There are 4 types of touch:
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Can you think of an animal that vibrates? 
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Your brain is important for all 5 senses!
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How do you protect your taste, vision, hearing, smell, and touch?
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WEAR A HELMET!

Concussion Safety
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Your skull is home to your brain. A concussion is a type of brain injury caused by a hit to the head, face, neck, or body that causes the brain to move quickly in your skull.
 
You can’t see right away that a concussion has happened, but there can be signs and symptoms afterwards.
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Click here to watch a short video on concussions.
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Can you think of some ways you could cause your brain to move around your skull fast and get a concussion?

Symptoms of a Concussion

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The University of Queensland. (2018). Signs and symptoms of a concussion. Queensland Brain Institute. Retrieved from https://qbi.uq.edu.au/concussion/signs-and-symptoms-concussio

Concussion Management
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If you think yourself or a friend might have a concussion, follow the STAR rule!
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How can we help ourselves and others to avoid a concussion?
  • Follow the rules of the sport or activity you are playing. Listen to your teacher or coach when they give you instructions
  • Help prevent falls- pick up your toys, games, and books so people don’t trip on them
  • Respect others and never hit someone on the head

Brain Protection
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Why protect your brain?
 
Your brain is very fragile and delicate, and so it needs lots of protection.
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One of the best ways for you to protect your brain and prevent brain injury is by wearing a helmet! Can you think of any other ways to protect your brain and keep it healthy?
Here are some examples!
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Helmet Safety
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Wearing a helmet is necessary to protect your head. It provides a cushion for your head and brain in case of a fall and can help prevent head injury.
 
Ask an adult for help when putting on your helmet to make sure you are safely wearing it!

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Colouring Activity
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Click HERE for a downloadable colouring activity.

Thank you to Parachute Canada for helping provide this information, images, and colouring activity.
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