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Name: Blake Date: 2022-07-05
Student Exploration: Senses
Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and
prompts in the orange boxes.
Vocabulary: auditory cortex, auditory nerve, cerebrum, cone, gustatory cortex, hair cells, hypothalamus,
involuntary, nerve impulse, neural pathway, neuron, olfactory cortex, olfactory bulb, optic nerve, rod, sensory
neuron, somatosensory cortex, somatosensory nerves, spinal cord, stimulus, thalamus, visual cortex
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)
1. What are different types of information that your body can detect from the outside world?
2. What organs does your body use to collect the information described in the last question? Gizmo Warm-up
Stimuli are changes inside or outside the body that cause a
response. In the Senses Gizmo, you will explore how different
sense organs detect stimuli from the environment and send
messages about that stimulus to the brain.
On the NEURAL PATHWAYS tab, drag the apple slice into the white Stimulus box. Drag the eye into the
Sense organ box. Click Play ( ).