Unit 3: Maintaining Homeostasis

Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.

Learn about asthma and what scientists are doing to study it.

Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.

Learn about how different animals digest their foods and the organs of their digestive systems.

Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.

Resource page including articles, videos, and career profiles related to brains.

Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!

Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!

Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.

Alkaloids are found in some of the most addictive substances that humans consume. What are alkaloids, and how do they cause addiction?

Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.

How does your brain allow you to do and experience so much? It’s all because of the building blocks of your brain - neurons!

The human brain has many different parts. Each one plays a different function. But they all work together to manage complex thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Consuming sugary foods and drinks activates your brain’s reward system - the same system that can cause addiction.