It was a journey into the unknown. A group
of youngsters and their leaders, with bright, eager faces and minds
determined to learn new things walked down the pathway towards discovery. Ok, it wasn’t a quest; it was just a trip to the
Ontario Science Centre. But what a trip
it was! We had a great time adding new information (mostly about how the brain works, and understanding structures) to our hard
drives.
Look at that; a metaphor for the mind! The mind might be seen as a computer with storage areas that can fit large amounts of information that can be retrieved when we want it. If the mind is like a computer, what would a mental illness be? A Computer virus maybe? Coincidentally, we are learning about metaphors in class so it was interesting that one of the first exhibits we saw listed several metaphors that illustrate how the mind works. The metaphor of the mind as a computer wasn’t the only one; the exhibit also showed us how we might compare the mind to a hydraulic system, a container, a room, a mystery box, a loom, a sheet of paper. It turned out that this exhibit (Trying Out Metaphors of the Mind) was just a teaser for the huge exhibit on the sixth level called Brain: The Inside Story.
Unfortunately, since the bell went as we co-wrote this piece, this is where the prose ends. We'll finish documenting our learning by writing captions for the photos below.
These wires represent the pathways in our brains. Messages are constantly being sent along these pathways. |
Learn more about why the nails don't poke into her flesh. In this picture, the little girl is laying on the bed of nails with a foam atop of her, and a board laying on top of the soft foam. As you can see in the picture, the man is holding a hammer, and yes, he hit the board. But it didn’t hurt. Nor will it, if you hit so hard with a baseball bat. And this is because the force of the baseball bat and hammer goes on the board, the soft foam underneath protecting her from being pushed down, softly just going against her. and even if she felt the force, it wouldn’t have hurt because the weight of her body is spread out over many nails at the same level of length supporting her weight. The force of the weight of her whole body on only one nail would that one nail to puncture her body. (S.D) |
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