Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Neuronal Synapses Questions
Practice multiple choice questions over neuronal synapses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Neurotransmitter Removal From the Synapse
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to neurotransmitter removal from the synapse.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Synaptic Transmission Between Neurons
This is a five-question quiz concerning synaptic transmission between neurons.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Signal Propagation: The Movement of Signals Between Neurons
This article explains how the nervous system transmits signals along and between neurons.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Building the Neuron
In this activity, students design and build neuron models based on observations made while viewing neurons through a microscope.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Highlighting the Neuron
In this instructional activity on the brain's neural networks, students investigate the structure and function of the neuron. They discover ways in which engineers apply this knowledge to the development of devices that can activate...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Crossing the Divide: How Neurons Talk to Each Other
This slideshow explains the process of how a neuron communicates.
Other
Tiem: Synapse Transmission
A good description of the process of transmission across the synapse in nerve cells.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Crossing the Synaptic Gap
Neurotransmitters can either stimulate the next neuron to send a signal or inhibit that neuron from sending a signal. Certain chemicals change the way signals are sent and received. In this instructional activity students will understand...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Neuron
Wikipedia offers an overall description of neurons. This site describes their physical appearance, the different parts of neurons, and what their functions are.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Nerve Impulses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will explain how nerve impulses are transmitted.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Nervous System
An animal's response to a stimulus is coordinated by its central nervous system (CNS). Neurons carry electrical impulses, and are connected by synapses. Some drugs and toxins affect how impulses pass from one neuron to the next across a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The nervous system is made up of nerves. A nerve is a bundle of nerve cells. A nerve cell that carries messages is called a neuron. The messages carried by neurons...
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: Outside Games
Learn about how the synapse works in the nervous system. Then play common games that demonstrate many functions of the nervous system. Find definitions of the vocabulary necessary to understand how the nervous system works.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Nerves Work?
This video explores how nerves, neurons, and nerve receptors work in the human body and how they communicate by electrical impulses. [5:00] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Molecular Mechanism of Synaptic Function
See how electrical and chemical signals are used by neurons to communicate with one another at synapse contact points. [1:09]
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Brain Evolution and Development
This resource provides information about brain evolution and development.
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Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Investigating [Pdf]
Take a glimpse at the way normal brains work and about brain disorders. Learn how research and technology help us learn about the fundamental molecular workings of the brain.
National Institutes of Health
Nih Curriculum Supplement for Middle School: The Science of Mental Illness
A curriculum that explains how mental illness can be treated and cured. The site offers a web version of the curriculum or printed supplements can be requested. Included is a teacher's guide.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animals: Human Nervous System
A slide show presentation introducing the facts about the human nervous system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Nerve Impulses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how nerve impulses are transmitted.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: The Nervous System
This online biology book chapter offers definitions and descriptions of the nervous system's components.