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Activity 1E: Your Wires are Really Crossed: Communication in the Nervous System
In this engaging, whole-group simulation, your students will have fun developing a common base of experience from which to further investigate how information travels through the nervous system. This activity is a great engagement activity – and it gets students up and moving!
Objectives:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the anatomy of a neuron
- Explain how neurons must work together to send information through the nervous system
- Investigate neural pathways in the human body
- Demonstrate how information travels between the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
- Investigate a stimulus response reaction
Teacher Background Information 1E- Student Character Cards 1E
- Administrative Information 1E
- Student Background Information 1E
- Processing Out 1E
- Slideshow: ANATOMY of THE BRAIN
Keywords:
Brain cells, neuron, glial cell, observation, inference
Activity Code:
1EUnit Reference:
It's All in Your MindLesson Reference:
Lesson 1: Brain Anatomy