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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Molecular Mechanism of Synaptic Function

For Students 9th - 10th
See how electrical and chemical signals are used by neurons to communicate with one another at synapse contact points. [1:09]
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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Optogenetics

For Students 9th - 10th
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).
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Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Meg for Kids: Listening to Your Brain With Super Cool Squi Ds

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Charles Sherrington

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Charles Sherrington, the Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the functions of neurons.
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Unit Plan
Arizona State University

Arizona State University School of Life Sciences: A Nervous Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Neurotransmitter Removal From the Synapse

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to neurotransmitter removal from the synapse.
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Lesson Plan
University of Washington

Our Chemical Senses: Olfaction Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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."
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Activity
University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Engaging site for K-12 students to learn more about how the brain functions-- and have some fun at the same time.
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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Engaging site for K-12 students to learn more about how the brain functions-- and have some fun at the same time.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: The Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn to identify the type of cells that make up nervous tissue.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.41 Nerve Impulse

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the structure and function of a nerve cell, and how messages are transmitted throughout the human body.
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Handout
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Nervous Co Ordination

For Students 4th - 8th
A quick review to help students understand the function of different types of neurons in the human body.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Celulas

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Curated OER

Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Discovery Education

Discovery Kids: Your Nervous System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Answers to your questions about the nervous system, nerves, and neurons.
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Curated OER

Hanover College: Neural Structure Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site to review what you know. You're given a labeled diagram of a neuron and you must identify the parts. Good Luck!
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Handout
Hanover College

Hanover College/neural Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
An inclusive glossary of terms associated with the neural sciences. Contains the definition of virtually every associated neural science term.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Neural Network Signals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Article
National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Level of Consciousness

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Nervous System Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Use this review guide of the human body nervous system to understand its importance to the human body.
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Handout
Emory University

Emory University: Human Anatomy: Organization of the Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the different parts of the nervous system and how it is organized.