Nervous System:
Activity:
Today you’re going to write an ABC guide to the brain and nervous system for kids in elementary school. After reading the KidsHealth articles and watching the movie about the brain and nervous system, use the “Brainy ABCs” handout as a guide to collect 26 facts, one for each letter of the alphabet. [Note to instructor: This can be done individually or with partners.] Facts should be a brief sentence or two that relate to the brain or nervous system. Try to come up with facts that start with each letter of the alphabet. If you have trouble writing a fact that starts with a certain letter, just be creative! For example: A fact for X could be “Cerebral corteX is the term for the outer layer of the brain.”
Activity:
Today you’re going to write an ABC guide to the brain and nervous system for kids in elementary school. After reading the KidsHealth articles and watching the movie about the brain and nervous system, use the “Brainy ABCs” handout as a guide to collect 26 facts, one for each letter of the alphabet. [Note to instructor: This can be done individually or with partners.] Facts should be a brief sentence or two that relate to the brain or nervous system. Try to come up with facts that start with each letter of the alphabet. If you have trouble writing a fact that starts with a certain letter, just be creative! For example: A fact for X could be “Cerebral corteX is the term for the outer layer of the brain.”
Brain and Nervous system Article
Movie: Brain and Nervous System
Memory Matters
What are Reflexes
Why do I have Pain?
Tuesday 5/23
Use this diagram on the left to color and label the picture of a nerve cell or neuron.
Watch the video on neurons for more answers.
Use this Quizlet site for definitions to the vocabulary words
Diagram for brain identification link
MOSA MACK: Body Systems
Lesson Overview
In Mosa Mack’s Interaction of Body Systems unit, students are led through a progression of three inquiry lessons that focus on the functions and interactions of the circulatory, muscular, nervous, digestive and respiratory systems. *You’ll notice that Mosa Mack focuses on the five most commonly discussed body systems. To teach additional units, have students suggest how other body systems might be impacted in the comic mystery.
Lesson Overview
In Mosa Mack’s Interaction of Body Systems unit, students are led through a progression of three inquiry lessons that focus on the functions and interactions of the circulatory, muscular, nervous, digestive and respiratory systems. *You’ll notice that Mosa Mack focuses on the five most commonly discussed body systems. To teach additional units, have students suggest how other body systems might be impacted in the comic mystery.