Neurons

As we look closely at neurons in our IPC Brainwave unit, we see that a neuron is composed of various parts.  There is the axon, cell body and dendrites.  Today we learned that when one neuron's axon touches another neuron's dendrites a synapses occurs.  To illustrate this further, we acted this process out.  In partners, one student used their arm to represent an axon while their partner used their fingers to represent dendrites.  When the dendrites grasped onto the axon (or in our case when the hands grasped onto the arm) we created a synapses.  It's with hope that this kinaesthetic learning helps aid in the understanding of the process for the students.

AXON

DENDRITES

SYNAPSES!