The organ which controls responses to the internal and external environments.

The part of the brain responsible for conscious thoughts and responses.

The part of the brain responsible for conscious movement.

The part of the brain responsible for unconscious control of the body.

The human brain

Biology

Pupils will learn how hormones and glands of the human endocrine system enable us to coordinate and control changes in our bodies.

Pupils learned how substances essential for chemical reactions in living cells, and the products of the reactions, are transported into, around and out of the human body, and the implications of surface area:volume ratio.

Coordination and control: the human nervous system

The human brain is made up of billions of {{}}. 

True of false? The right side of the brain controls the right side of the body.

Match the label to the part of the brain. 

Which unconscious processes does the brain control?

Which part of the brain is responsible for conscious movement including balance and coordination. 

Which part of the brain is responsible for consciousness?

What does the central nervous system include?

How does a message travel down a neurone?

True or false? The brain is involved in the initial response of the reflex arc.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The human brain

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.