Your Fantastic Elastic Brain

What are the years 0-10 years old called?

• the magic deal

• the magic decade

• brain power

• brain strain

Your brain is ...

• an organ

• a muscle

• a joint

• a bone

The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum, helps you...

• run and play

• remember

• with emotions

• think and speak

The Prefrontal Cortex, PFC, the part of your brain behind your forehead, helps you . . .

• make plans and decisions

• control your emotions

• store your memories

• send messages

Neurons are everywhere in your brain. They are tiny brain __________ that make electrical signals to send messages to other cells.

• bones

• cells

• messages

• emotions

Your hippocampus is like a ...

• almond

• telephone

• file cabinet

• cell

_______________ are one of the best ways your brain learns and grows.

• Songs

• Movies

• Buildings

• Mistakes

Your brain controls what you . . .

• think, do, see, feel and remember

• think and do

• feel and remember

• think, feel, and do

The harder you try without __________ ____ the more you will learn.

• getting sleepy

• giving up

• eating lunch

• losing money

______________ is a tightly-packed group of cells deep within the center of the brain that controls your emotions.

• Neurons

• Hippocampus

• PFC

• Amygdala