Neurons

Kristin Labby, October 2011, used in middle school classroom.

Slides that went along with the discussion & animations:

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Additional Notes:

The animation is over the students' heads, I simplified by just saying the signal is like "electricity" and at the synapse, "chemicals", but it certainly provided more than their text books.

After discussing the nervous system, I talked about 5 disease of the nervous system: fibromyalgia, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, PArkinson's and Alzheimer's, and we discussed them. (to put it simply, I study Alzheimer's.)

Students get very into this, mentioning commercials they've seen on TV, who they've heard of (friends grandpa, etc) who has it, or support groups for it they've heard about even.