Two diagrams make up this 3-page 5th grade science sheet on the nervous system. On page 1 students use a word bank of brain, spinal cord and nerves to label a body outline with three numbered lines. On page 2 they label a side view of the brain as cerebrum, cerebellum or brain stem, then match each part to a job: thinking and senses, balance and coordination, or breathing and heartbeat. The last page holds the answers.
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“Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.”
Both diagrams are models of the nervous system, and the job match links the cerebrum to the senses and the brain stem to automatic responses.
A body outline shows a brain in the head, an orange spinal cord down the back and blue nerves branching to the arms and legs. Students write a name beside each of three numbers.
A side view of the brain with three numbered lines. Students label the large pink cerebrum, the small green cerebellum and the orange brain stem.
Three jobs, from thinking and the five senses to automatic breathing and heartbeat, each need a brain part written beside them.
The six labels and the three matched jobs.
First look
Use page 1 before the brain gets its own lesson. Three words keep a first day light, and the diagram shows how the parts connect.
Model on the board
Draw the side view of the brain and point to each part as students label. The cerebellum tucked under the back of the cerebrum is the part most students miss.
Review station
Laminate page 2 for a station and let students use dry-erase markers. The job match at the bottom works as a quick self-check against the key.
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