The document summarizes information about the structure and function of the brain, properties of the Earth's core and magnetic fields, sunspots and their relation to magnetic activity on the sun's surface, and an experiment investigating the effects of electromagnetic waves on human perception of paranormal phenomena. It also outlines the steps of the scientific method.

1. Tell me what you see…….

2. The Hawaiian Island Chain was
formed by volcanic activity.
My visit to the Island of Kauai 2008

3. Scary Handout #1

6. 1.The Frontal Lobe: Personality,Voluntary
Movement, Elaboration ofThought

7. *2.TheTemporal Lobe: Hearing (Auditory)

8. *Beneath theTemporal Lobe (sub cortical) lies
the amygdala (stores memories of fear).

9. 3.The Occipital Lobe:Vision

10. 4.The Parietal Lobe: Sensory Integration,
Receives Sensory Information (Pain &
Temperature)

11. 5.The Cerebellum: Body Movement and
Coordination (Involuntary)

12. The Cerebrum refers to the entire brain.

15. The Earth’s core is made up
of a solid sphere of iron
metal and nickel
surrounded by a liquid
outer core.

16.  The inner core rotates
slightly faster than the
rest of the Earth
producing magnetic
forces.
 Often referred to as a
geodynamo.

18.  Sun spots are
dark structures
on the surface of
the sun.
 They are created
by intense
magnetic activity.

19.  New images of a colossal sunspot show the
chaos and energy on the surface of the sun.
 The New SolarTelescope in Big Bear Lake,
Calif., snapped the closest image ever taken
of the sunspot, which is larger than the Earth.

20.  The black fibers are violent jets of energy
being thrown from the surface of the star.
 The fibers are actually jets of energy being
ejected from the bright magnetic fields at the
surface.
 “Sunspots” are dark structures on the surface
of the sun.They are created by intense
magnetic activity.

21. It is formed from iron oxide and it produces a
strong magnetic field.

22.  Neuroscientist Michael Persinger had
volunteers wear a special helmet that
generated a weak electromagnetic wave
pattern.

23.  The electrical activity of the helmet caused
“mini-seizures” in the brain’s temporal lobes,
which are involved in processing what we see
and hear.

24.  Michael Pesinger’s test subjects sensed a
supernatural presence in the room while they
were wearing these helmets that stimulated
their temporal lobes with electromagnetic
waves.
 They also witnessed and experienced other
events of paranormal activity.

25. His Experiment:

26. Variations of instruments used in his
experiment:

27. In “haunted” places researchers have measured
strong magnetic fields.
These strong magnetic fields most likely
affected the temporal lobes of individuals
who falsely believed that they had seen
ghosts or witnessed other types of
paranormal activity.

28.  These fluctuations of magnetic activity may
have interacted with the brain, causing
hallucinations, dizziness or other mind tricks
that can make a person feel as though a
house has a “presence.”

29.  What causes these mind-altering local
magnetic fluctuations?
 Answer: It could be anything from magnetic
minerals used within the concrete of these
dwellings, from minerals in the ground, to
sunspots.

30. 1. Forming a hypothesis
2. Predicting: I predict….
3. Conducting a controlled experiment
4. Collecting data
5. Analyzing data
6. Conclusion
7. Reporting your findings
-Was your hypothesis correct or incorrect?

32.  Open your composition book.
 Write lecture I “The Scientific Method” in
your table of contents under your last entry
“Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the Brain”
 Now go to where you left off after you
answered questions 1-26 and write today’s
agenda which is on the board.
 Answer the journal question.
 Copy down the lecture in its entirety.