Review for:Nervous System

posted: on June 3, 2008 at 8:33AM

Nervous system

Independent projects on nervous system

Students chose a topic on their own that they wanted to know more about that was based on the structure and function of the nervous system. For example students studied the mechanics behind pain, how taste and smell worked, or diseases such as parkinson's. They used this resource to find basic information that would reinforce what we had done in class.

A.P., Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular

This was a source for students to use while they were working on independent projects. It has great background information and links to information that helped them understand the material and find links that would help them make connections to health issues in the world outside of the classroom.

Provides visualization or animation, Provides a virtual lab, Provides additional content

There is a lot of information here. I like many of the links to other sources and there are two activities that can be done in class to test aspects of the nervous system (touch reception and the impact of caffeine on daphnia).

I think the animations are poor quality. The images do not show what is happening on a cellular level to the dpeth I want for an AP or even honors level class. The text pops up to fast so you are trying to read while watching the very fast animation portion. I really use the website for the writting conent and activies and have other animation sources to show the concepts.