Concussions

CONCUSSIONS:

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Now watch this video: think about who know who has had a concussion and what symptoms you may have seen in them.
 * Educating student athletes on concussions

review the warning signs of a concussion by checking out this worksheet and discussing it in class

read this article. As you read, answer the questions in the reading worksheet
 * More Than "Getting Your Bell Rung"
 * [[file:Concussion More Than Getting Your Bell Rung Questions.docx]]
 * [[file:NHL players sue over head injuries.pdf]]

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 * Discovery news: football helmets detect concussions

Additional information for you to check out:


 * Articles:**
 * Headers and Memory loss
 * The autopsy that changed football
 * league of denial - PBS Frontline articles and videos
 * From football to flies: lessons on TBI
 * Images and Infographics:**
 * National Geographic Concussions interactive

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 * Videos:**
 * sidelined: concussions in sports

even minor hits have an impact @http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20140408/just-one-season-of-hits-in-high-school-football-may-alter-brain-study

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