Dr Barr's Medical Talk

On Tuesday 8th of May, Dr Melodie Barr came to talk to the senior school ahout 'The Brain'.  This was for our topic, 'The World of Medicine.' First she talked about the basics of brain. We had a quiz about different types of brains. We found out that dolphins are the most intelligent animals in the animal kingdom.  The human brain has a lot of folds so it is very complex. Dr Barr also told us that a living brain is so soft that it can be cut with a butter knife! We were taught how the MRI scanner works. Dr Barr played us a video about a person going into the MRI scan. It is a big machine with a magnet rolling inside. People lie in and photos are taken of their insides. It is very noisy inside so the person wears headphones and they listen to music of their choice. We really loved the interesting talk with Dr Barr and learnt a lot from her.

By Catherine and Paige