Make Sense of This
Science: Life Science: Human Body
6-8
45 Minutes
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®
3.6
Make Sense of This
Activity Overview
In this lesson, students will explore stimuli and the sensory receptors that detect them.
Objectives
- Students will identify different types of stimuli and classify the receptors that receive the stimuli.
Vocabulary
- nervous system
- stimulus
- sensory receptor
- mechanoreceptor
- thermoreceptor
- electromagnetic receptor
- chemoreceptor
- behavior
- memory
- auditory
- olfactory
About the Lesson
In this lesson, students will explore stimuli and the sensory receptors that detect them.
As a result, students will…
- Explore and identify ten different stimuli.
- Relate different stimuli to the sensory receptors that detect them.
This activity was created using Lua. Learn more about Lua in TI-Nspire here.
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Science: Life Science: Human Body
6-8
45 Minutes
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®
3.6
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