Our “me” small group met recently. You might recall that when we met last, there had been some discussions about x-rays…
“So we could learn more about the body! X-rays helps us see inside of the body.” -Spencer
Although the idea was to have x-rays to look at, for this meeting we took some time to look at some very large and interesting books specifically about our brains and bones.
“A human brain?! Oh! A brain is like that. If it’s half, it looks like that and if it’s whole, it looks like a round piece right here, all the way to the other side.” -Britton
“It’s skin, bone, brain and then…” -Spencer
“Spedjagles.” -Britton
“Yeah, spedjagles. Spedjagles are all the pipes around the neck.” -Spencer
“That’s the inside of a brain?!” -Britton
What do you think that photo is telling us?
“That we have rainbow stuff in our brain.” -Maddy
“That’s the sun making your brain warm.” -Britton
“No! That’s…when you’re awake your brain’s hot and when you’re asleep your brain’s cold. When you’re awake your brain looks yellow and when you’re asleep, your brain looks blue.” -Spencer
“No! It doesn’t!” -Britton
“It does! It actually does cause my momma told me that.” -Spencer
“Ah! Why haven’t we met a scientist?! A scientist knows everything that is interesting!” -Britton
“My momma told me that in your brain, that colorful stuff goes in your mind when you close your eyes because it comes from your brain to your eyes. When they’re closed which is imaginary lines.” -Spencer
“Whoa! Did someone kill the skeleton and the skin?!” -Britton
Hmmm, good question. How did someone take this photo?
“X-ray!” -Callen
We next explored a series of MRI images of the brain.
“Oh, what is that? Here is the brain.” -Britton
Can you see where there might be eyes?
“Right here! Cause they’re round but you can’t really see the color of eyes.” -Spencer
They’re different.” -Britton
“This looks like bacon! Oh, the nose!” -Spencer
Why do you think we see so much red in these photos?
“Cause it’s blood! Blood is red. When I had a boo boo, the blood was red!” -Britton
“The brain looks bigger.” -Spencer (noting last image)
We moved onto another book showing photographs of x-rays.
