Curated OER
Nervous System
Are you nervous about teaching the nervous system to your beginning biologists? Worry no more! This PowerPoint provides a note-taking guide and diagrams of the neuron and the brain. Viewers will walk away with a clear...
Curated OER
Nervous System Introductory Worksheet
In this nervous system instructional activity, students answer thirty short answer questions about the structures and functions of the nervous system and its subsystems.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do the Lungs Work?
When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body's cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking...
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: The Nervous System
This online biology book chapter offers definitions and descriptions of the nervous system's components.
Emory University
Emory University: Human Anatomy: Organization of the Nervous System
Describes the different parts of the nervous system and how it is organized.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Central Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will learn an overview of the human skeleton and its functions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Peripheral Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive lesson students will describe the two major divisions of the peripheral nervous system and their functions.
Science Museum, London
Making the Modern World: What Is Stress?
This website gives an overview of stress, its causes, and the physical and psychological results. Case studies and a glossary are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Body Control Center
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems--all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Peripheral Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The peripheral nervous system (PNS) contains all the nerves in the body that are found outside of the central nervous system. They include nerves of the hands, arms,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Peripheral Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the two major divisions of the peripheral nervous system and their functions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Vagus Nerve and Mice
Read the passage The Vagus Nerve and Mice and study the graphics to answer the five-question quiz that follows.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Muscular System Meat on the Bones
How exactly does the muscular system function? Find out!