TRIAL lesson - How do neurons communicate?
Topic: Brain Structure and Function
Activity: How Do Neurons Communicate?
This lesson aims to help students understand how neurons communicate using an interactive activity.
Length: 20 minutes
Activity: How Do Neurons Communicate?
This lesson aims to help students understand how neurons communicate using an interactive activity.
Length: 20 minutes
| Lesson Plan - How do neurons communicate |
| Lesson guide - How do neurons communicate |
| Vocab and Quiz - How do neurons communicate |
BrainReach North – Lesson Plan
Title: How Do Neurons Communicate?
Developers: Jessie
Length: 20 minutes
Required materials: Lesson guide (PowerPoint), computer, projector, some space to move around and form human chains.
General objectives / relationship to QC curriculum:
This lesson introduces neuronal communication.
QC curriculum:
Progression of Learning - Science and Technology, Living Things:
A.2.a. Describes the functions of certain parts of the anatomy (e.g. brain, neuron).
F.1.a. Appropriately uses terminology related to an understanding of living things.
Performance objectives:
Title: How Do Neurons Communicate?
Developers: Jessie
Length: 20 minutes
Required materials: Lesson guide (PowerPoint), computer, projector, some space to move around and form human chains.
General objectives / relationship to QC curriculum:
This lesson introduces neuronal communication.
QC curriculum:
Progression of Learning - Science and Technology, Living Things:
A.2.a. Describes the functions of certain parts of the anatomy (e.g. brain, neuron).
F.1.a. Appropriately uses terminology related to an understanding of living things.
Performance objectives:
- Understand that neurons are a type of brain cells that send signals.
- Understand the concept that neurons are sending signals within our brain, from our brain to the body, and from our body to the brain.
- Understand that neurons use electrical and chemical signals to communicate.
