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The Human Body

I'm doing some revision on this section of my text book.

There is a lot of interactive links on this site:

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/sciencebootcamp.htm

Have a look!

Did you know that if you learn Braille, a part of your brain increases in size. This has something to do with your fingertips and sensations.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/brainandsenses/


Your body is roughly 4 x the size of your femur. We tested this little titbit of info with a measuring tape and my dads femur is 45cm. 45 x 4 = 180 and my dad is 178cm tall so that seems to work out. Don't know what happened to the missing 2 cm? HEE HEE They say people start shrinking as they grow older.....

Optical Illusions (science / brain and senses)

Optical Illusions are soooooooo cool! They are very amazing and I would love to know how to do them.

They are images that trick your eyes and brain but if you study them, youwill see they are not possible or that they are hiding more that what you see at first.

Here are some common ones:

Are the circles moving or NOT!

A young girl or and old lady

This is the most beautiful one - Ref: http://www.newopticalillusions.com/illusions/anamorphism/

There are LOADS of them so check some of these out!

http://www.optillusions.com

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=optical+illusions&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=DAKKTJ2fBM-TjAe_rJ2DBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQsAQwAA&biw=1280&bih=707

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/brainandsenses/