How do the brains of modern humans, apes and other forms of life that lead up to us today differ? Rachel

What do I Know?

That Humans are smarter than all.
Smarter animals survive.

What do I Want to Know?

My Question above; and how fish and human brains differ. If there are more scientific words to summarize things I might want to say.

How will I Learn the Information?

The Internet, books and other resources.

What did I Learn?

I learned that most fish have particularly small brains for their body size. Also that, what an animal eats effects how smart it is. The female brain is usually biggest between the ages of 16-18 and a males is usually between the ages of 19-21. So that was interesting.

What Action did I Take?

I searched key words and looked at Wikipedia pages and images I found online. I made a website.

What Questions do I still have?

How many chimpanzees currently know sign language?
If fish could compete in a race/course?
What fish are the smartest?
If the Brain grows with your body significantly or just a bit.

Reflection:

This project is was very cool because I learned more about lots of different things such as fish brains, chimpanzees, I learned that there is a word for an estimation of an animal's intelligence based on it's brain size. Words mean a lot of different things! I also learned that chimpanzees think ahead more than I thought. I was really interested when I read that some experts said that some studies showed that having a bigger brain might make you smarter. Overall it was a really cool thing to learn about; and I enjoyed it a lot. I am happy I had a good amount of time to do this.