Grade 5-8

Students design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the effects of alcohol on the roundworm C. elegans.

Students construct a wax model of the nervous system of the caterpillar, Manduca sexta.

Students investigate visual-motor learning by tossing beanbags at a target while wearing prism goggles.

Spinning a student around in a chair demonstrates how the vestibular system senses different types of circular motion.

Students model the chemical communication between neurons.

Students use the Virtual Neurons software to construct neural circuits and visualize how messages travel through the circuits.

Students discuss the ethics of neuromarketing.

Students in grades 5-8 design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the taste and/or smell preferences of the roundworm C. elegans.

Students design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the taste and/or smell preferences of the roundworm.