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Baylor College

What Is a Neuron?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Your class won't get on your nerves while doing this modeling activity! After teaching the structure and function of a neuron using the included diagrams, give individuals some clay and chenille stems so that they can make their own...
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Electrical Activity of Neurons

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How do neurons that don't touch each other share information? Observe electrical activity traveling from neurons and learn what it takes to trigger action potential. A video discusses recent research manipulating neurons, how responses...
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Curated OER

Drugs Change the Way Neurons Communicate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine that certain drugs interfere selectively with neurotransmission, and realize that the effect of a drug is dependent upon dosage and route of administration.
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Baylor College

Crossing the Synaptic Gap

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
As part of a unit on the chemistry of the brain, thinkers learn how chemicals work to transmit messages between individual neurons and how controlled substances impact the synaptic cleft. They do so by playing a dice-and-card game in...
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Curated OER

Neurology Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a model of a neuron using household items. They bring these items to school for model construction. Students utilize the Internet and other sources to categorize assigned chemical/neurotransmitter. They also utilize...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Dendritic Spines Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is your brain on drugs ... literally! Your neuroscientists-in-training examine the evidence of drug use on the human brain and how neurons change their connectivity when altered by drugs. They then work together to create testing...
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Baylor College

Neurotransmitters Contain Chemicals

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Human body systems students play a card game, "Locks & Keys" in order to learn that neurotransmitters carry a message from one neuron to another by fitting into a receptor site on the receiving nerve cell. While this activity can...
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Unit Plan
Kenan Fellows

Unit 4: The Brain

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Drugs interact with the brain to alter moods, emotions, and behaviors by changing the brain's chemistry, perceptions, and interactions. The final lesson in the Pharmacology unit shows scholars experiments, has them complete four labs,...
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Discovery Education

Our Brain and Body on Opioids

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Use a presentation that explores the world of prescription opioids. Learners look at the way the brain responds to the drugs and the long terms effects opioids have on the brain and body. At the end of the lesson, groups create a social...
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Curated OER

The Drug Connection: Design-O-Synapse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study cholinergic neuromuscular pathway of acetylcholine release and develop a model for drug interaction at one specific neurological site. Working in teams, students can also research different drugs or poisons and produce a...
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Baylor College

Post-Assessment: Brain Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
If you have implemented this fabulous brain chemistry unit in its entirety, you should have saved the pre-assessment quizzes from day one. In this assignment, individual learners go back over their original answers, and correct any...
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Curated OER

Hierarchical Organization in Biology: Students Presentations of Neurobiology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers gather (research) information on neuron structure and action potential. Students are guided to make inferences about the synapse and its relationship to neurotransmitter release and action. They are also guided to make...
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Curated OER

States of Consciousness

For Students 9th - 12th
In this psychology instructional activity, students write short answers to 5 questions on states of consciousness. They list the different classes of recreational drugs and functions of sleep.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Parkinson Disease

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Parkinson disease worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Pharmacology Word Search

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to pharmacology. The word list includes imipramine, reactions, multiple, and therapy.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ethyl Alcohol

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ethyl alcohol worksheet, high schoolers read about the characteristics of ethanol including the effects it has on the body when ingested and digested. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Pharmacology

For Students Higher Ed
In this pharmacology worksheet, students compare excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters and how these work on the body. This worksheet has 3 drawings and 13 fill in the blank questions.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Brain Chemistry Post Assessment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The human brain is complex. Messages within the brain and the rest of the nervous system are conducted by cells called neurons. Drugs and other substances can interfere with or modify the transmission of messages between neurons. In this...
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Online Course
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tolerance and Withdrawal

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated explanation of the neurons in the brain and the effects of tolerance and withdrawal.
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Investigating [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a glimpse at the way normal brains work and about brain disorders. Learn how research and technology help us learn about the fundamental molecular workings of the brain.

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