June Weissman

The Human Brain

by Evan and Jeremy

To the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

Cerebral hemisphere, corpus collosum,

Thalamus, limbic system, hippocampus, medulla,

Spinal cord, cortex, pons.

You have 100 million neurons.

All these parts fit in your brain,

In four sections which are main.

Frontal lobe, parietal,

Occipital, temporal.

Each one has a special role,

Learning them is now your goal.

Frontal makes decisions and plans.

Occipital sees and scans.

Parietal helps in school.

Read, write, do math,

Don't be a fool.

Hearing, memory and learning is the temporal's job,

It also controls emotion,

You might smile or sob.

Chemical messengers move across the synapse,

These are very tiny gaps.

The human brain certainly astounds

And only weighs .5 pounds.

Grade 4 WEL