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Guide 6A Nervous System

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Nervous System Objectives

List the organs and functions of the central and peripheral parts of the nervous system; describe the somatic and autonomic components of the motor response; and indicate the locations of some of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system, including the sciatic nerves, median

Nervous Overview

List the organs and functions of the central and peripheral parts of the nervous system; describe the somatic and autonomic components of the motor response; and indicate the locations of some of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system, including the sciatic nerves, median & ulnar nerves, and cranial nerves.
Identify the parts of a neuron in a drawing or microscopic image, including the dendrites, cell body, axon, and myelin; explain what occurs at a synapse when one neuron communicates with another neuron; and describe the path information takes through nerves in a reaction test that requires a subject to see and respond to a falling object.

Neurons

Identify the parts of a neuron in a drawing or microscopic image, including the dendrites, cell body, axon, and myelin; explain what occurs at a synapse when one neuron communicates with another neuron; and describe the path information takes through nerves in a reaction test that requires a subject to see and respond to a falling object.
Outline the basic steps of a reflex arc, including how a signal travels through the nervous system is a "knee jerk" response; and identify parts of the spinal cord, including the gray matter, white matter, and nerve roots.

Neural Circuits

Outline the basic steps of a reflex arc, including how a signal travels through the nervous system is a “knee jerk” response; and identify parts of the spinal cord, including the gray matter, white matter, and nerve roots.
Explain why it is important to understand how the brain functions, not just in terms of individual health, but also economically; describe how pain relief medications and caffeine impact the nervous system; and demonstrate how distractions can impact focus, and why this can be a problem.

Neural Impacts

Explain why it is important to understand how the brain functions, not just in terms of individual health, but also economically; describe how pain relief medications and caffeine impact the nervous system; and demonstrate how distractions can impact focus, and why this can be a problem.

Nervous System Quiz

Quiz Directions

 
Complete all four sections and take the quiz on Canvas.
 
Use the learning objectives above to guide your studying.
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Nervous System Media

Introduced in the Nervous Overview section of this guide:

Watch the video below on the human biology portfolio and complete this media assignment.

In Guide 2A you selected a possible portfolio format and also a few pieces of work that could fit the outcomes.  In this assignment you will be committing to a portfolio format and completing one of the nine sections of the final portfolio.  You can find the nine learning outcomes here and on Canvas. 

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For your portfolio update media piece you are turning in a completed part of your final portfolio; one of the nine learning outcome sections.

    • Use the format your final portfolio will be in.  For example, this may be a powerpoint slide, a handmade journal page, a webpage, or whatever format you are using.  If you are hosting your portfolio on a website, you can submit the web address in the comment box.  Make sure the graders have access to whatever you are submitting.
    • Label the page/slide with which learning outcome is being met (for example: biology concept; science skills; or human biology connection).
    • Include your original work that represents the learning outcome. This needs to be substantial, which typically means at least two pieces of work.  For example, you may have one entire media piece and a  quiz answer representing a single learning outcome.  
    • Along with your work representing the learning outcome, include a sentence or two caption that states how your work matches this particular outcome.  For example, if you made a comic of the various organ structures and functions of the digestive system, you could state how your comic art is an example of a human biology connection.
    • If you utilize anyone else’s work, like a photo from the internet, it needs to be fully cited (accessible web address) next to the work.  Note that we are only crediting and grading your personal and original work, so you can include other cited images for reference, but they will not make up this assignment’s or your final portfolio’s grade.

Upload to Canvas a completed section (one of nine outcomes) of your final portfolio.  This includes:

A. the name of the outcome you are completing (one of the nine).

B. at least two examples of your original work in your chosen final portfolio format that represents that outcome.  For example, if you select the “science skills” outcome, you would have two pieces of original work that represents science skills.

C. a caption that explains how your work relates to the outcome.  This can be short, like “An aspect of Biology Concepts is how structure relates to function.  This media piece and quiz response relate skeletal and muscular structures to how they specifically function.”

D. Upload a single file to Canvas.

Media Directions

To be completed after taking the quiz on Canvas. 
 
Upload your portfolio update to Canvas.  If the file is really large, it may help to host it on a webpage and submit the web link to reduce upload time.
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Human Biology Portfolio

Portfolio Directions

This week since you are submitting a portfolio update in this guide’s media piece, no additional portfolio work required.

Outcomes

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If you would like to learn more about the topics introduced in this course, please visit the resources page.
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