As part of our 'Brainwave' topic, we have been learning all about our brains and how they work. We discovered that there are 5 main sections to our brains; the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the occipital lobe, the parietal lobe and the cerebellum. We were really interested in how our brains compared to other animals so we did some research. We discovered that the human brain weighs 1,300-1,400g which is bigger than a gorilla or chimpanzee and WAY bigger than a cat! However, dolphins have even BIGGER brains, weighing around 1,700g! They are also an unusual shape.
To show the difference between these brains and the position of each lobe, we made our own brains out of salt dough. We then painted each lobe a different colour. Can you work out which brain belongs to which animal?
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