The Nerve Cell: It's All About Connection

This lesson provides a description of the anatomy and physiology of the nerve cell/neuron. Vocabulary words, diagrams of the nerve cell, and the steps of nerve conduction are presented in this lesson. This lesson also includes a hands-on activity for making and edible nerve cell, group discussion, group activities, diagram worksheets, sentence completion worksheets, and assessments that require written responses from the students to describe how nerve cells transmit information from one cell to another.

Resource ID#: 130138 Type: Lesson Plan

Please sign in to access this resource

Teacher
Click here to sign in
as a FL public educator

Not a Florida public school educator?

Access this resource
on CPALMS.com

General Information

Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Overhead Projector

Instructional Time: 2 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes

Keywords: neuron, nerve cell, nerve conduction, synapse, axon

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Worksheet, Project, Presentation/Slideshow, Image/Photograph, Formative Assessment

Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Cell Biology

Aligned Standards

This vetted resource aligns to concepts or skills in these benchmarks.

Related Resources

Other vetted resources related to this resource.