Disección de un Cerebro de Oveja

Al disectar un cerebro de oveja los estudiantes logran apreciar la complejidad de un cerebro. Los estudiantes realizan observaciones, aprendiendo acerca de la estructura y función de las áreas del cerebro, de la sustancia blanca y gris.

Lección para estudiantes de 10 a 18 años de edad
Grado o Nivel: 5-12
Duración: 1-2 clases

Open Inquiry using C. elegans

C. elegans is a free-living nematode. It is small—growing to about 1 mm in length—and lives in the soil (especially in rotting vegetation) where it survives by feeding on microbes such as bacteria.

In this lesson, students pose questions, design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing different behavioral stimuli of the worm C. elegans.

Invertebrate & Vertebrate Dissection Unit

Students gain an in-depth understanding of structure-function relationships through discussion, model building, and dissection of invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems. Students also gain insight into the social context and complexity of science through participation in an ethics of dissection debate.

Fishy Behavior

Students design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the effects of alcohol (or nicotine) on zebrafish learning, a model neural system. This is a lateral view. For the dorsal view, visit Go Fish!

Go Fish!

Students design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the conditions for zebrafish, model neural system, to learn to recognize (or ignore) a stimulus. This is a dorsal view. For the lateral view, visit Fishy Behavior.

Manduca sexta: Caterpillar Dissection

Students observe and dissect a Manduca sexta caterpillar to learn about the structure and function of an invertebrate nervous system.

Close-up of the Nervous System

Students view slides of brain tissue under a microscope then describe and identify structures.

Chemotaxis using C.elegans

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

Caeno-WHAT??

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

C. elegans and Alcohol

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

Laboratory