By Dr. Rick Woodward

Tell me what you see…….

The Mystic Tiki Idol

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

Do Ghosts Exist?Scary Handout #1

Ghost Stories…Do you have one???

Introduction to the Human Brain

The Human Brain

1. The Frontal Lobe: Personality, Voluntary Movement, Elaboration of Thought

The Human Brain

*2. The Temporal Lobe: Hearing (Auditory)

The Human Brain

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

The Human Brain

3. The Occipital Lobe: Vision

The Human Brain

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

The Human Brain

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

The Human Brain

The Cerebrum refers to the entire brain.

How the Human Brain reacts to Various Stimuli

How are magnetic fields generated?

How are magnetic fields generated?

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

What is the function of the Earth’s Core?

The inner core rotates slightly faster than the rest of the Earth producing magnetic forces.

Often referred to as a geodynamo.

What is the function of the Earth’s Core?

What are Sun Spots?

Sun spots are dark structures on the surface of the sun.

They are created by intense magnetic activity.

Sun Spots (September 4, 2010) New images of a colossal sunspot

show the chaos and energy on the surface of the sun.

The New Solar Telescope in Big Bear Lake, Calif., snapped the closest image ever taken of the sunspot, which is larger than the Earth.

Sun Spots (September 4, 2010) 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.

What is Magnetic Hermatite?It is formed from iron oxide and it

produces a strong magnetic field.

Creating an experiment…… Neuroscientist Michael Persinger had

volunteers wear a special helmet that generated a weak electromagnetic wave pattern.

Creating an experiment ….. 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.

Creating an experiment….. 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.

Neuroscientist Michael PersingerHis Experiment:

Neuroscientist Michael PersingerVariations of instruments used in his

experiment:

What do the scientists say?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.

What do the scientists say? 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.”

What do the scientists say? 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.

The Scientific Method:

1. Forming a hypothesis 2. Predicting: I predict…. 3. Conducting a controlled experiment4. Collecting data5. Analyzing data 6. Conclusion7. Reporting your findings

-Was your hypothesis correct or incorrect?

Now for lecture I……

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.