1. Build Your Own Bodyworks

Tags: [Human Body, Grade 5, Grade 4, Grade 7, Processes of Science, nervous system, muscular system, hypothesis, prediction, biomechanics]  ...

2. Reaction Time

Tags: [Human Body, Grade 5, nervous system, muscular system]  ...

3. Finger-To-Elbow

Tags: [tactile illusion, nervous system]  ...

4. Fake Hand

Tags: [tactile illusion, nervous system]  ...

5. Comb Dot

Tags: [tactile illusion, nervous system]  ...

6. Build Your Own Bodyworks

... record their observations. Relate the function of their muscular and nervous systems to their performance.  ...

7. Reaction Time

Students learn about the nervous system response by testing their reaction time. How Fast Can You Respond? Introduction Students learn about the nervous system response by testing their reaction ...

8. Canadian Flag After-Image

... learn about cell fatigue and afterimages. Our central nervous system stops responding to information from our senses that is constantly repeated. You're not aware of the feeling of your clothes on your ...

9. Finger-To-Elbow

In this activity, students discover how the physical distribution of sensory receptors in our bodies can create a tactile illusion. Introduction In this activity, students discover how the physical ...

10. Fake Hand

Which is our dominant sense? If we get conflicting signals from different senses, which one do we tend to believe? Students investigate the answers to these questions in the following activity. Introduction ...

11. Comb Dot

In this illusion, students take advantage of a (typically) unfamiliar sensation for our fingertips' touch receptors: having the skin on our fingertips stretched. Introduction In this illusion, students ...