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In this activity, learners play a simple card game to learn the sequence of events in the transmission of nervous system signals.

In this activity, learners play a simple card game to learn the sequence of events in the transmission of nervous system signals.

In this outdoor activity, learners review the parts of the synapse and their functions by playing a game.

In this activity, learners discover that the human brain is highly adaptable. Learners try to toss beanbags at a target while wearing prism goggles.

In this simulation of synapses, learners act out communication at the neural level by behaving as pre-synaptic vesicles, neurotransmitters, post-synaptic receptors, secondary messengers and re-uptake

In this activity about neuron/target muscle recognition (page 44 of the PDF), learners arranged in two rows facing away from each other use string to simulate neural development.

In this activity, learners create an electrical circuit and investigate how some dissolved substances conduct electricity.

In this outdoor activity, learners play a game of Tag to discover how neurons attach themselves to each other to form a chain.

In this quick and simple activity about reflexes (third activity on the page), learners conduct a simple test to explore the knee jerk reflex, typically conducted at the doctor's office.