Human Body Systems:Brain and Nervous System Parts & Their Function Worksheets

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The nervous system is complex but teaching about it doesn’t have to be!

In this lesson, students will start with an easy-to-use color-coding worksheet to familiarize themselves with the different types of neurons and stimulus/responses.

This is followed by a reading passage (available in 3 different formats to provide differentiation) and a video presentation that will summarize, highlight, and reiterate many of the key points made in the reading.

Students will investigate the question: How does the nervous system and the brain process sensory information so that we can react, learn, and grow?

Recommended Age Group: middle school, grades 6-8

Included Materials:
➜ Student worksheets and teacher instructions
➜ Reading passage with 3 formats available for differentiation (a standard PDF, an interactive “note-taking” style, and a digital version available through Google Slides)
➜ Video presentation (available to view through Google Drive or with a You Tube Link)
➜ Teaching Guide

This lesson is part of a focus on the NGSS standard MS-LS1-8 (Gather and Synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories). The standard is covered fully in the unit bundle… check it out here !

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