TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pupillary Response & Test Your Reaction Time
Students observe and test their reflexes, including the (involuntary) pupillary response and (voluntary) reaction times using their dominant and non-dominant hands, as a way to further explore how reflexes occur in humans. They gain...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Reflecting on Human Reflexes
Young scholars learn about human reflexes, how our bodies react to stimuli and how some body reactions and movements are controlled automatically, without thinking consciously about the movement or responses. In the associated activity,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Homeostasis: Ecological Systems
A learning module that investigates how organisms respond to stimulus.
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: Week of 4 4 16: Why Do We Sneeze?
Article answers the question, why do we sneeze?
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 4 4 16: Go Ahead and Let Out That Long Sigh
Learn why it's important for our lungs to sigh. Includes video.
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Games
Engaging site for K-12 students to learn more about how the brain functions-- and have some fun at the same time.
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Games
Engaging site for K-12 students to learn more about how the brain functions-- and have some fun at the same time.
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: Reflexes
Site provides interactive activities to use in the classroom to test one's reflexes. Also includes more reaction time experiments as well as links to more fun activities.
PBS
Newton's Apple: Reflexes
Newton's Apple informational site on reflexes. Includes vocabulary, resources, and several hands-on activities.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: 5 Weird Involuntary Reflexes Explained
Why do we often jerk our bodies awake right before falling asleep? Why do we yawn? Why do we hiccup? Why do some people sneeze when they look at the sun? And why does your eye twitch? This week we'll look at the science behind these...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Charles Sherrington
Learn about Charles Sherrington, the Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the functions of neurons.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Motor Responses
Students learn the structure and function of the descending pathways of the motor commands from the cortex to the skeletal muscles.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science of Baseball: Biological Baseball
Younger students learn that hitting a baseball requires the use of various brain to body reaction activities and how those compare to the instincts and actions of animals.
![Educaplus: El Reflejo Rotuliano [In Spanish] Activity](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/438779-e7c2324e98a5277f1805de253d7c8a08.jpg?1661803671 "Educaplus: El Reflejo Rotuliano [In Spanish] Activity")
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: El Reflejo Rotuliano [In Spanish]
Follow the instructions to see how patellar reflex occurs.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Halloween Hop
Happy Halloween! Test your reflexes and your knowledge of Halloween trivia by hopping from platform to platform while collecting different costumes and candy! How far up can you get in this hopping haunted house?
ABCya
Ab Cya: Giant Hamster Run
Help guide Tiny the Hamster as he stampedes through the city is this classic endless-runner. You'll need to dodge cars, jump over signs, and eat some cookies as you make your way through this metropolis.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Treasure Hunt
The Fuzz Bugs are back in search of treasure! Help the fuzz bug avoid obstacles by jumping to different platforms and avoiding the mean little creatures out to get our fuzzy friend. Collect coins to earn awesome power-ups and gobble up...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Factory Hop
The Fuzz Bugs are back in Fuzz Bugs Factory Hop! Test your reflexes and your number skills by hopping from platform to platform while answering 10 different types of math questions. Don't get too distracted by the fun bonus objects you...
BBC
Bbc: Reflexes
Read here about reflexes, including involuntary responses, reflex arcs, knee-jerk reflexes and autonomic reflexes.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:reaction Time
Employ techniques of scientific observation to test and measure your reaction time. Repeat the test several times to make conclusions about whether the time between a stimulus and a response can be improved with practice.
Curated OER
Kids Health: What Are Reflexes?
This succinct site provides a basic explanation of what reflexes are and delves into the role of the spinal cord and nervous system in communicating and receiving messages.
Curated OER
Neuroscience for Kids: Reflexes
Site provides interactive activities to use in the classroom to test one's reflexes. Also includes more reaction time experiments as well as links to more fun activities.
Curated OER
Neuroscience for Kids: Reflexes
Site provides interactive activities to use in the classroom to test one's reflexes. Also includes more reaction time experiments as well as links to more fun activities.