TED-Ed
How Does Your Brain Respond to Pain?
Zap! Ouch! That hurts! But why? And how come people don't experience or respond to pain in the same way? Take a journey on the sensing pathway, from your nociceptors, along your nerves, up your spinal cord, to neurons and glial, through...
College Board
2009 AP® Psychology Free-Response Questions
Learners examine how psychological factors influence competitors at a dance contest, using materials from College Board.
National Science Teachers Association
Health Wise Quiz
Here is a quick assessment that you can use for your next lesson on the physical benefits of daily exercise.
Curated OER
Just Can't Get Enough
Students research modern addictions and create public service announcements about them. They research modern additions such as food, shopping, and video games.
Scholastic
Prescription Pain Medication: What You Need to Know
The national epidemic of opioid addiction is making its way into high school populations. Educate the students in your class about the ways prescription opioids can both block pain and deliver large amounts of dopamine that make it very...
Discovery Education
Our Brain and Body on Opioids
Use a presentation that explores the world of prescription opioids. Learners look at the way the brain responds to the drugs and the long terms effects opioids have on the brain and body. At the end of the lesson, groups create a social...
Curated OER
Self-Injury Awareness Day
For this Self Injury Awareness Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions,...
Curated OER
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
In this chili peppers worksheet, students read a one page article about the history of chili peppers and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 8 questions.
Curated OER
The Nervous System
In this biology worksheet, students find the words that define the workings of the nervous system. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Synaptic Transmission Worksheet
In this synaptic transmission instructional activity, students determine how information is transmitted from one neuron to the next plus describe the function of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. This instructional activity has 12...