THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

UNIT: THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

LEVEL: 3 E.S.O.
SKILL: LISTENING, READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING
TIMING: 35 MINUTES
CROSS-CURRICULAR ISSUES: BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY
TERM: THIRD
PEL: A2
CLASSROOM APPROACH: INDIVIDUAL

DESCRIPTOR
PEL: I understand the main information of the videos and activities and relate the concepts I have
seen in class

WARM UP
HOW CAN I DO IT?:

A)Watch the videos: https://dotsub.com/view/0c787bf1-9d83-4605-aa8d-bdbda56927ba?

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https://dotsub.com/view/1040cc2d-d5b9-4775-9ba6-c5c433bce254?
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B) Do the next activities:

1) http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=59351&cat_id=20607
Answer the questions made in the web-page; choose the correct option:

1) This system controls everything you do:

2) Without the nervous system, you couldnt:
3) The nervous system is made up of these three parts:
4) Which part of the body is the control center for the nervous system?
5) A typical brain weighs how much?
6) Whats the biggest part of the brain?
7) Which part of the brain helps keep your balance so you dont fall flat on your face?
8) Which part of the brain keeps you breathing?
9) The brain creates connections, or pathways, between these microscopic cells:
10) Your emotions are believed to come from the:

2) Complete the summary using the following words:

chemical connections impulses neurons neurotransmitters physical synapses

To transmit nerve ______________ , neurons set up ________________ called ________________

between them. There is no ________________ contact between _______________ the transmission
of the impulse is produced through________________ substances called ________________.

SELF-ASSESMENT TEACHERS
ASSESMENT CRITERIA 1-OK ASSESMENT
2-Try harder 3- Need to improve

- I understand the main

information of the videos
and activities
- I can give the correct
answers to most of the
questions
- I can understand and
relate the main concepts