TEACHER ENRICHMENT INITIATIVES

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

Downloads:

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

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Activity Code:

1E

Unit Reference:

It's All in Your Mind

Lesson Reference:

Lesson 1: Brain Anatomy

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