Senses 12/20/07

Objective: SWBAT explain how the sense of smell works.

Agenda:

• Notes: Taste and Smell
• The Nose Knows Activity
  

HW: none

Senses 12/19/07 Std 5.3

Objective: SWBAT explain how images are formed on the retina.

Agenda:

• Pinhole Camera Activity
• How Refractive Disorders Work
  

HW: Paragraph: Explain how corrective lenses help improve vision.

Senses 12/18/07 Std 5.3

Objective: SWBAT describe the parts of the eye

Agenda:

• Notes: Eye
  

HW: Finish statements describing what the effects would be if 5 different parts of the eye were missing.

Senses 12/17/07 Std 5.3

Objective: SWBAT describe the structure of the eye.

Agenda:

• A Hole New Experience
  

HW: none

Nervous System 12/13/07

Objective: SWBAT demonstrate mastery of the nervous system

Agenda:

• Nervous System Test
  

HW: none

Nervous System 12/12/07

Objective: SWBAT review for tomorrow's test.

Agenda:

• Review
• Review Baseball Game
  

HW: Study for tomorrow's test on Standards 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9

Nervous System 12/11/07

Objective: SWBAT describe the importance of a dermatome

Agenda:

• Case: Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Smith
• Right Leg Paralysis
  

HW: Describe all the possible diagnoses for someone not able to move or feel their right leg.

Objective: SWBAT test the nervous system using the neurologic exam

Agenda:

• Notes: Autonomic Nervous System
• Neurologic Exam (continued) (link to Neurologic Exam Video)
  

HW:none

Nervous System 12/7/07

Objective: SWBAT test the function of the nervous system

Agenda:

• Neurologic Exam (download) (website)
  

HW: none

Nervous System 12/6/07

Objective: SWBAT explain the organization of the nervous system.

Agenda:

• Standard 3.1, 3.3, 4.6, 4.7 Quiz
• Case: Mr. Jenkins
  

HW: none

Nervous System 12/5/07

Objective: SWBAT describe how the motor and sensory areas of the brain control parts of the body.

Agenda:

• Homunculus WS (download)
  
• Case Notes: Mr. Jenkins (download)
  

HW: study for quiz on neurons, brain areas, and action potentials

Nervous System 12/4/07

Objective: SWBAT describe how neurons connect to one another in the brain

Agenda:

• Brain Map (click here to download)
  

HW: complete Brain Map

Nervous System 12/3/07

Objective: SWBAT describe sensory and motor pathways to and from the brain.

Agenda:

• Little Man Roleplay
  

HW: none

Nervous System 11/29/07

Objective: SWBAT describe how sodium is involved in a nerve signal.


Agenda:

• Action Potential Webquest
• Effect of Sodium Deficiency

HW: How would a sodium deficiency effect a nervous signal? Describe how it would affect the ability of an action potential to move through along the cell membrane.

Nervous System 11/28/07

Objective: SWBAT describe how the brain divides functions

Agenda:

• Brain Anatomy
• Murder Reading

HW:

• How would life be different if one of the specific parts of your brain were injured?

Nervous System 11/27/07

Objective: SWBAT explain how the cell membrane is involved in nerve communication

Agenda:

• Action Potential WebQuest:
  
• Site 1 - actionpotential.swf from mcb.harvard.edu
• Site 2 - neuron action potential from blackwellpublishing.com
• Site 3 - action potential spreading from www.harveyproject.org
• Using these websites, consider the following questions:
1. How does the neuron cell membrane cause changes in the concentration of Na and K ions inside and outside the cell?
2. Describe what happens to the ion concentrations on each side of the cell membrane during each of these phases: resting potential, depolarization, repolarization, return to resting potential.
   
3. How does the action potential move down the length of the neuron?
   
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Nervous System 11/26/07

Objective: SWBAT describe how nerve signals propagate down a neuron.

Agenda:

• You've Got Your Nerve!

HW:
Paragraph response: How does Depolarization and Repolarization Work?

Nervous System 11/16

Agenda:

• Muscular System Quiz
• Nervous Activity
• Notes: Role of the Nervous System

HW:

none!

Muscular System 11/14

Quiz on the Muscular system.

Tomorrow - Field trip to CityLab!