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  • Activity 1E: Your Wires are Really Crossed: Communication in the Nervous System

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

 

  • PDF icon You've Got Nerve Brain – Teacher Background 1E 2020.pdf
  • PDF icon Wires Really Crossed Student Cards 1E.pdf
  • PDF icon Wires Really Crossed Administrivia 1E.pdf
  • PDF icon Wires Really Crossed Student 1E.pdf
  • PDF icon Wires Really Crossed Processing Out 1E.pdf
  • PDF icon ANATOMY of THE BRAIN Lesson 1A slide show[Compatibility Mode].pdf
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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