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This is a fun product with lots of uses...Sure,  you can cast a great-looking hemisphere with gelatin,as shown above, and the complete instructions are provided with every mold. The mold is about 2 times the volume of a real human brain.  This is great around Halloween or when someone you know gets a degree related to the brain sciences (or finishes a neuro rotation, passes the boards,comps, survives brain surgery, etc.).  We didn't use the mold for that purpose, however,  and customers continue to tell us great stories about these molds.

It all started when we were looking for some brain bookends.  We decided to get these molds and cast some bookends ourselves with plaster...They worked great!  Then, customers started looking at these molds, and off they went to use them in a variety of ways for teaching.  Hey, we're into teaching resources at Red Reef, so read on.

 

Here's just some of the stories we've heard...
 

• During Science Fair time, some of our customers have made inexpensive models of the brain with plaster or modeling clay.  This is a GREAT hands-on project in the classroom, also, and nearly any age child can participate in the project.

• The cortical lobes can be illustrated by using different colored modeling clay.

• Functional areas of the brain can be illustrated by the same technique.

• Any kind of "special" features can easily be added to the hemisphere, and it's only limited by you're imagination. For instance; customers have placed string licorice in the interior surface of the mold before casting with gelatin. In this manner, the surface vascular system can be visualized (especially in regions like the central/lateral sulcus--It really looks cool...).

 
Drop us a line if you have other uses, and we'll publish your project right here!