Choice Board Nervous System

Click on the links below to review the Choice Board Assignments

and View the VIDEO to get started

Then open the "My Choice Board Sheet" below and make a copy for yourself.

MY CHOICE BOARD SHEET

*From this sheet you will make a copy of the individual assignments to complete during the Nervous System Unit

Share your Sheet HERE

*Each Box, or assignment is worth 20 points

unless otherwise stated.

Choose one assignment from each column

(1-5 + All of Row 6. “REQUIRED”).

You can complete 1-5 in any order.

Row 6 will be completed with the

entire class at the same time.

CALENDAR / DUE DATES: LINK

LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CHOICE BOARD ASSIGNMENTS BELOW

Once you have chosen, you will make a copy from YOUR Choice Board in your own Google Doc Sheet

1. Research: You will be choosing one of the following:

A. Comparative Anatomy: Human vs. Animal Brain LINK

B. Brain on Drugs LINK

C. Medicinal Mushrooms and the Brain 101 LINK

D. Basic Neuroscience LINK

2. Lab: You will be choosing one of the following:

E. Reaction Times LINK

F. Mouse Party: Neurotransmitters and Drugs LINK

G. Interpreting PET Images LINK

H. Human-Human Interface Using Backyard Brains Device (control your classmate) LINK (work with a partner and only one group can use per class period)

3. Art: You will be choosing one of the following:

I. Neuron Ceiling Tile LINK

J. Left Page Notebook Assignments LINK (Use website HERE for assistance)

K. Sleep Poster LINK

L. Character Brain Collage LINK

4. Video: You will be choosing one of the following: *REMEMBER TO BRING HEADPHONES!

M. League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis FRONTLINE LINK

N. The World Within: React LINK

O. National Geographic: The Science of Stress LINK

P. Addiction LINK

5. Other: You will be choosing one of the following:

Q. Case Studies LINK

R. Your Brain: Who's in Control?? LINK

S. CNS & PNS Reviews: Zombies, DUI, Traumatic Brain Injuries & Shark Scare LINK

T. Superhero Nervous System LINK

6. Required: You will be doing the following in class on the dates provided above (TBD)

U. Lorenzo's Oil Movie LINK (QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH TO BE FILLED OUT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK)

V. Swim Cap Brain LINK

W. Dissection-Sheep Brain LINK (WORKSHEET TO BE FILLED OUT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK)

SWIM CAP

DISSECTION

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***If you are absent please use the LINK to watch Lorenzo's Oil (Parts 1-6) online and answer the questions in your notebook

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