Nervous System

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Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
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How The Nervous System Works: Chapter 7 Section 1: Pages 190-195:

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Divisions Of The Nervous System: Chapter 7 Section 2: Pages 196-205:

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The Senses: Chapter 7 Section 3: Pages 206-214:

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PHET Color Vision write up an experiment	Gizmos Sight Vs. Sound Reaction Time write up an experiment	Gizmos Reaction Time write up an experiment	PhET Neurons
Nervous System Diagram - Graded Nervous System Slides Nervous System Explanation Worksheet	Sensory Illusions - Graded Sensory Organs Senses Textbook - with sensory cells Optical Illusions Explained PowerPoint & see links below	Memory Formation Notes - PowerPoint - Relexes, Emotional Reflexes, & Memory (espanol) Memory Processing Notes Template Understanding Your Brain - Memory and Recall - Reading Guide Brain-Information Processing PPTX	NIH The Ear NobelPrize-The Ear
Memory Processing How good is your Memory? Memory Formation Notes - Espanol Working Memory and Schoolwork KidsHealth.org Memory Matters KidsHealth.org Brain and Nervous System Neuroscience For Kids	Processing Problems Auditory Processing Disorder Foundation	Torg - PE Graded PE Memory and Learning Packet	Brain Training Brain Connection.com Brain Games KidsMemory.com
Visual Illusions Can You Trust Your Eyes? 10 Mind Blowing Illusions - The Richest 30 Mind Blowing Optical Illusions Minecraft Optical Illusions	Audio Illusions 4 Weird Audio Illusions Can you trust your ears? Audio Illusion - Brain Tricks? -(Use Headphones)	Attention Monkey Business Are You Paying Attention?	Livestrong Brain Training Visual Memory Activities Auditory Memory Activities Sequential Memory Activities
The Human Eye Color Vision Lab Sight Animation 1: Penn University Sight Animation 2: Argosy Sight Interactive Tool	Types of Eye Disorders, Another Vision Disorder Site Types of Colorblindness/Simulator another simulator, Yet another simulator Night Vision Simulator/ Lasik Childrens’ vision card	Hearing Seeing Smelling Touching Tasting Nervous System	Bill Nye Brain video on SchoolTube

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Sensing-Thinking (Mastery) Facts Create a diagram that shows the nervous system.	Sensing-Feeling (Interpersonal) A time when you... Show how __________________are parts of the nervous system.
Intuitive-Thinking (Understanding) Playing with facts Create a diagram that compares or contrasts different types of sense organs.	Intuitive-Feeling (Self-Expressive) Creating new possibiliteis Show how ___________.

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	Nerve tissue carries messages back and forth between the brain and every part of your body. Brain, spinal cord, sensory cells in the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body (touch.)
	Parts of the Nervous System Sensory neurons- Each of the senses has a different cell to pick up a stimulus (light, sounds, odors, tastes, touch, heat, discomfort, etc) Interneurons & motor neurons carry and deliver messages to the spinal cord, brain, and muscles. Spinal Cord - Main pthway for neurons from the body. It can process reflexes without the brain. (like simple animal reflexes.) Brain - In humans, it has many parts that process information, think, control the body, and store/retrieve memories. Parts of the Brain Medula- aka the brain stem, connects the brain to the spinal cord. Controls body functions. Cerebellum controls movement. Limbic System -aka ancient brain connects cerebrum to brain stem. The thalamus sends sensory information to the correct parts of the brain. The amygdala can get overloaded with emotions, block thinking, and create primitive fear and "fight or flight" responses. The cerebrum is the outermost and largest part of the brain. It thinks, makes decisions, decodes and creates sentences, creates and recalls memories, etc.
	Stimulus and response processing The brain or spinal cord receives information (stimulus) from the sensory organs. Directs response to parts of the body Path of a stimulus Sensory neuron- receptors (eyes, ears, nose, etc.) picks up a stimulus from the environment. Interneuron - the nerve impulse passes to the spinal cord -sometimes the spinal cord acts before the brain gets the message(reflex.) brain - processes the stimulus. Recalls memories and may store this one. It sends a signal to do something to a motor neuron - sends a nerve impulse from the brain to the muscles to do something
	Memory - Types Short-Term or Working memory - You can only hold on to several memories at a time that are forgotten in minutes unless stored in... Long-Term Memory - is formed when neurons connect with other neurons in the cerebrum. A permanent long-term memory indicates learning. Like Google, every time a memory is used, it gets easier to find. The more connections to other memories, the easier it is to find. Memories are sorted for storage by the hippocampus. New memories are compared to old ones before storage. Procedural Memory - how to do things - built by repetition - sports, dance, music, reading, math, etc. Motion is stored in the cerebellum.
	Memory Formation Things that help memory storage, recall and thinking. paying attention to the task (focus) repeated practice over a longer time. (cramming does not make strong memories.) Stable blood sugar (too much or too little hurts storage, recall and thinking.) 7.5-9 hours of good sleep. Sleep refreshes the brain chemically, psychologically, and in thinking/memory processing. Naps and breaks are also good. Hydration- neurons need water to work well. (dehydration leads to dizziness, tiredness, and the inability to think clearly.) connections to what you know. Exercise - releases chemicals that help learning. multiple senses - seeing, hearing, moving create multiple paths to memory. Vision is the easiest to recall. Elaboration - Analagies and alternative explanations make multiple paths in your brain. Patterns - predictable and repeating patterns in information Things that stop memory processing Fear and stress - Your amygdala focuses you on threats and keeps you from using other parts of your brain. (exercise can help reduce this.) Pain and discomfort - distract your attention Multitasking - is not possible. Your brain splits time between tasks and does a poorer job at each one, making 50% more mistakes. fixed mindset - the belief that you can not learn and grow in any given skill or knowledge shuts processing down. (the opposite of a growth mindset.)
	Scientist Wilder Penfield (~1950) Father of Modern Neuroscience- Discovered that low voltage electrodes that touched brains during surgery caused people to remember memories. Each memory had a specific location on the temporal lobe.
	Technology Neural Networks