Neuron Lesson Plans

Students roleplay to review nerve communication and the parts of the neuron. Each student represents a different part of a neuron and as parts become polarized and depolarized they act it out. A surprise occurs at the synaptic knob as this student gets to squirt water from a small water gun to the beginning of the next neuron, representing the synapse.

Learners build a model neuron. In this human biology instructional activity, students read about how neurons work and what their function is in the human body. Learners work in small groups to create a model of a neuron.

Students examine neurons. In this nervous system lesson, students build models of neurons in order to study their parts and functions.  

Students examine the anatomy of a neuron and its physiology.  In this neuron lesson students build a representative model of a biological structure. 

Learners examine the hierarchical organization of the brain, neuron, and synapse; explain the sequence of events involved in communication at the synapse; and that synaptic transmission involves neurotransmitters.

Students create a scale model of a motor neuron that is two hundred times larger than the actual neuron. They identify the structures of a neuron and observe neurons under the microscope then use a worksheet to convert actual sizes into scale model sizes.

Learners identify structures of the brain, and neurons and analyze their functions.  In this nervous system lesson students create drawings and models of anatomy.

Learners investigate and then build neurons in this lesson. They are examined as key parts of the brain and nervous system and seen as different from normal cells.

Young scholars record observations and create drawings and models of anatomy using their five senses. They describe the structures of a neuron and analyze each of their functions. They compare and contrast the typical structural features of a general somatic cell to that of the specialized structures of the neuron.

Students set up a cell membrane with the material provided by their teacher and then arrange beads properly to show how the sodium and potassium ions are arranged. They then make a model representing the axon of a neuron.