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Nervous System Directory
Syllabus: 7th grade
Nervous
System Booklet &
Rubric
2005 Nervous System Take Home Exam
Take Home Help! Terms to know to help! (eyes & ears!)
2005
Cover Sheet
Lecture Notes: The Brain
Lecture 1: The Nervous System Introduction
student notes
teacher notes
Power
Point
Illusions:
Powerpoint
Major
Crisis: Powerpoint
Virtual
Brain Dissection Link
Reading
HWK Handouts:
What does
the Nervous System Do?
The Structure of the brain: pg1 pg2 pg3
Anatomy of the Neuron: pg1 pg2 pg3
The Four senses: pg1 pg2 pg3
Specialized Areas of the Brain: pg1 pg2
LEFT
BRAIN <===> RIGHT BRAIN
Labs:
Nervous System Major Crisis!!
Reflex Lab: pg1 pg2
Virtual Brain Dissection
Atlas Of the
Sheep Brain
Reaction
Time
Helpful drawings!
brain structure
Neuron: to label
Neuron: Labeled
neuron and neuro junctions
Reflex Arc: labeled
Reflex Action Drawing:
Labeled
Autonomic Nervous
System:
Sympathetic, Parasympathetic & Sympathetic
spinal cord and relex actions
Lecture
Notes: The Ear
Lecture: Intro To Hearing
Student Notes
Teacher Notes
Power Point
Lecture:
Ear Anatomy
Student
Notes
Teacher
Notes
Power Point
Ear Drawing: To label
Ear Drawing: Labeled
additional drawings:
ears nose & throat
ear structure
inner ear
middle ear
outer ear
Lecture
Notes & Labs: The Eye
The
Eye Directory
Virtual
Eye Dissection
Eye &
Ear TakeHome Exam 2002
additional drawings:
eye
structure
eye to brain
inside the eye
your eye
your eyesight
eye
protection
The Nose:
Taste & Smell
Sense
of Smell: to Label
Sense of Smell: Labeled
Nose1
Nose 2
nose and smell
your nose
Tongue Drawing
Tongue Tasting: to label
Tongue Tasting
1: Labeled
Tongue Tasting 2: Labeled
It Tastes Great:
To Label
It Tastes
Great: Labeled
tastes great
Lecture:
Skin
student notes
teacher notes
Labs
Illusions
Human Senses: Tasting
Fingerprinting
The Great Safe Robbery
Nervous
System Disorder Paper (2002)
Nervous System Disorder Paper Rubric
FUN
Optical Illusions
Color Illusions
Black Dots
Elephant Legs
Horizontal Lines
Black Dots
Stairs & Painters
Additional Web Sites:
The Nervous System
Explore "The Neuron" and "Peripheral Nervous System"
for information and games
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Click on "Nervous System" for a labelled picture, then click
on "Animations"
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Look at this 3-D picture of a neuron to understand how complex neurons
are
http://www.ini.unizh.ch/stereo_pict/stereo.html
Includes reflex reaction experiments
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/13/rlxes.html
The Brain Internet Links
Click on "Nervous System" then click on the eyeglass on
the brain for more information and pictures
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
For information, quizzes, facts and games, click on "Brain Basics"
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Probe this brain to see which areas control various parts of the body
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/
Facts and statistics about the brains and body systems of different animals
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html
Click on "Brain" for lots of brain information
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_SW.html
Skin, Nails and Hair
Watch a movie on hair
http://www.brainpop.com/health/integumentary/hair/index.weml
Watch a movie on nails
http://www.brainpop.com/health/integumentary/nails/index.weml
Watch a movie on skin
http://www.brainpop.com/health/integumentary/skin/index.weml
Click on "Hair", "Nails" or "Skin"
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_SW.html
Facts, games and quizzes about skin
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/receptor.html
Find out about fingernails
http://www.beakman.bonus.com/beakman/fingernail/fingernail.html
Find out about goosebumps
http://www.beakman.bonus.com/beakman/gbump/gbump.html
Click on "Nervous System", then click on the hair and skin for
more information
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
The Ear
Internet Links
Click on "Ear" for facts and an animation
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_SW.html
Ear information, quizzes and experiments
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bigear.html
An interesting UK sign language Web site
http://www.britishsignlanguage.com
An informative American sign language Web site
http://www.bconnex.net/~randys
Information about sound and the ear
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/
Click on "Ear Wax" for interesting ear facts
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000029.html
The Eye
Internet Links
Go here for information, facts, quizzes, games and useful links
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bigeye.html
Click on "Eye" for useful information and go to the last section
for an animation
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_SW.html
Watch an online dissection of a cow's eye
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html
Find out how glasses correct eyesight
http://www.beakman.bonus.com/beakman/glasses/eyeglasses.html
Nose & Tongue
Click on "Tongue" and "Nose" on the KidsHealth site
for clear information
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_SW.html
Click on "How the Nose Knows" and "That's Tasty" for
information and experiments
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html#sense
Watch a short movie about smell
http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/smell/index.asp
Watch a short movie about taste
http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/taste/index.asp
Choose "Nervous System", and click on the tongue and the nose
for detailed information
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Click on "Snot" for interesting nose facts
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000029.html
Light & Shadow
A good introduction
to light
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/light/light_tour.html
Take a trip to the Sun and click on "Solar Light Tour" to learn
all about its energy
http://www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/fact/fact_f.html
To find out about lasers look at "Einstein's Legacy" and then
click on"Lasers".
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
A comprehensive look at light
http://library.thinkquest.org/28160/english/
Find out more about the physics of light
http://www.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
See how amazing 3D images, called holograms, are made using lasers
http://www.holograms.bc.ca/home2.htm
Color Internet Links
A wealth of information about rainbows
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/rnbw.html
More information about rainbows
http://www.geom.umn.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/
Find out about light and colour on this fascinatiing Web site
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/color/intro/
More information about light and colour at the Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/qa98/spotlight10/spotlight10.html
Lots of great light and colour experiments
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconcolor.html
Watch a movie about the many different uses of lasers
http://www.brainpop.com/tech/healthtechnology/laser/index.weml
Light behavior Internet Links
More about optical illusions. Scroll down to
read instructions
http://www.dogfeathers.com/java/spirals.html
Explore the intriguing world of optical illusions
http://www.sandlotscience.com/
Light experiments in an underwater lab
http://www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius/lessons/light.htm
Find out why a diamond sparkles
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond/sparkle.html