Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Molecular Mechanism of Synaptic Function
See how electrical and chemical signals are used by neurons to communicate with one another at synapse contact points. [1:09]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Optogenetics
In this full-color image, a neuron is expressing the light-gated cation channel channelrhodopsin-2 (small green shapes), and is being illuminated by a focused beam of blue light (coming from the top).
Frontiers Media
Frontiers: Meg for Kids: Listening to Your Brain With Super Cool Squi Ds
Inside your brain, you have over 80 billion neurons - tiny brain cells, all working together to make you the person you are.Neurons talk to each other by sending electrical messages. Each message creates a tiny magnetic field. If enough...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Nervous System
An animal's response to a stimulus is coordinated by its central nervous system (CNS). Neurons carry electrical impulses, and are connected by synapses. Some drugs and toxins affect how impulses pass from one neuron to the next across a...
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.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University School of Life Sciences: A Nervous Experiment
How do you know when your hand touches something? How do you know if something brushes against your shoulder? Think about your fingertip, arm, and back. In which of these places might your nerves be closer together? Review the concept of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Neurotransmitter Removal From the Synapse
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to neurotransmitter removal from the synapse.
University of Washington
Our Chemical Senses: Olfaction Experiments
This website provides information on our chemical senses. "Students learn how to investigate the olfactory system and then find out how to plan and carry out their own experiments."
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.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: The Nervous System
Students learn to identify the type of cells that make up nervous tissue.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.41 Nerve Impulse
Understand the structure and function of a nerve cell, and how messages are transmitted throughout the human body.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Nervous Co Ordination
A quick review to help students understand the function of different types of neurons in the human body.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Celulas
Free interactive practice tests aid in learning the Prokaryote Endomembrane system, Cell membrane, Plant cell, Animal cell and Neuron cell. Tests are timed and keep track of right and wrong answers.
Curated OER
Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron
Use this site to learn how to make a neuron. This site shows students a step by step process for creating a model of a neuron. Teachers and students alike will appreciate this multi-sensory approach to learning.
Curated OER
Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron
Use this site to learn how to make a neuron. This site shows students a step by step process for creating a model of a neuron. Teachers and students alike will appreciate this multi-sensory approach to learning.
Curated OER
Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron
Use this site to learn how to make a neuron. This site shows students a step by step process for creating a model of a neuron. Teachers and students alike will appreciate this multi-sensory approach to learning.
Discovery Education
Discovery Kids: Your Nervous System
Answers to your questions about the nervous system, nerves, and neurons.
Curated OER
Hanover College: Neural Structure Quiz
Excellent site to review what you know. You're given a labeled diagram of a neuron and you must identify the parts. Good Luck!
Hanover College
Hanover College/neural Glossary
An inclusive glossary of terms associated with the neural sciences. Contains the definition of virtually every associated neural science term.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Neural Network Signals
Nervous system messages are sent as electrical signals along the length of axons and dissolved salts are important for electrical signaling in cells. In this lesson students are introduced to this concept by creating an electrical...
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Biotechnology Information: Level of Consciousness
Explains the difference between normal and abnormal states of consciousness, and the stages of abnormal states. Describes two scales for measuring the level of consciousness of a patient in a coma, medical techniques used for an...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Nervous System Study Guide
Use this review guide of the human body nervous system to understand its importance to the human body.
Emory University
Emory University: Human Anatomy: Organization of the Nervous System
Describes the different parts of the nervous system and how it is organized.