5.12 option 1 Special senses lab

Instructions

Here is the recording link from our class session on 10/20/23. We covered each of the questions from this assignment during the recording.  

If you have trouble using the Gizmos program and would like to complete an alternative assignment for this activity. You are welcome to do the 5.12 Option 2 instead. Both are worth the same number of points, either one is ok with me!

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I'm curious about your prior knowledge, please answer this question before we begin the activity. You'll get full credit, even if you don't know the correct answer just yet.

What are different types of information that your body can detect from the outside world?
What organs does your body use to collect the information?

Login to explore learning and Launch the Senses Gizmo. 

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Place the apple slice in the Stimulus box and then drag each of the sense organs to the Sense organ box. Click play to see which area of the brain is stimulated when that sense is used. 

Drag the terms below to the highlighted region of the brain where that information goes to be processed. 

With Eye selected, click the left circle to enlarge. Then click the middle and right circles to follow the path through to the brain.

Put the following cell types and structures in order based on the way they are activated once light enters the eye.

Interneuron
Ganglion cells
Visual cortex
Optic nerve
Rods/Cones
Thalamus

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Label: Select Ear. Click on the left circle to watch what happens when sound waves enter the ear. Turn on Show labels.

On the SENSE ORGANS tab, select Skin.
Observe: Click on the left circle and turn on Show labels

What kind of receptors are located in the skin?

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Why are strong pressure receptors located in deeper layers of the skin than the light touch receptors?

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Select Nose and click on the circle on the left

When scent molecules enter the nose and are captured on the mucus membrane, what do they come in contact with to stimulate sensory neurons related to smell?

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Select Tongue and explore the circles.

Which image below shows a taste bud?

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What do the neural pathways for taste, hearing, sight, and touch have in common?

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We've reached the end of our nervous system unit!
Do you have any unanswered questions about the brain or senses?

Do you want to be invited to any of the small group sessions this week?

With Eye selected, click the left circle to enlarge. Then click the middle and right circles to follow the path through to the brain.Put the following cell types and structures in order based on the way they are activated once light enters the eye.

On the SENSE ORGANS tab, select Skin.Observe: Click on the left circle and turn on Show labelsWhat kind of receptors are located in the skin?

Why are strong pressure receptors located in deeper layers of the skin than the light touch receptors?

Select Nose and click on the circle on the leftWhen scent molecules enter the nose and are captured on the mucus membrane, what do they come in contact with to stimulate sensory neurons related to smell?

Select Tongue and explore the circles.Which image below shows a taste bud?

What do the neural pathways for taste, hearing, sight, and touch have in common?

We've reached the end of our nervous system unit! Do you have any unanswered questions about the brain or senses?Do you want to be invited to any of the small group sessions this week?

With Eye selected, click the left circle to enlarge. Then click the middle and right circles to follow the path through to the brain.

Put the following cell types and structures in order based on the way they are activated once light enters the eye.

On the SENSE ORGANS tab, select Skin.
Observe: Click on the left circle and turn on Show labels

What kind of receptors are located in the skin?

Select Nose and click on the circle on the left

When scent molecules enter the nose and are captured on the mucus membrane, what do they come in contact with to stimulate sensory neurons related to smell?

Select Tongue and explore the circles.

Which image below shows a taste bud?

We've reached the end of our nervous system unit!
Do you have any unanswered questions about the brain or senses?

Do you want to be invited to any of the small group sessions this week?