Corpus Callosum Lesson

Brain Activity: Corpus Callosum
An engaging hands-on activity used to test if the corpus callosum (the part of the brain that connects the right and left hemispheres) is connected. Your students/kids will love this one! Everything you need to complete the activity is found below. (Grade: Upper Elementary-HS)

• Video Lesson (below)
• List of Materials (Download demo card)
• Brain PowerPoint (PPTX)
• Related Video - Scientific American Frontiers: The Man with Two Brains - YouTube (Must Watch!)
  
  • The entire episode (PIECES OF MIND), with narration, is coming soon.

• NOVA: Is the Human Brain Actually Two Minds? Severing the connection between the two halves of the brain reveals how the hemispheres function.
• The Curious Case of the Man with "Two Minds" - BBC Reel meets the father of split-brain syndrome, Mike Gazzaniga, to understand how researchers discovered how we all have "two minds."
• Be Smart - Do You Really Have Two Brains?