Lesson plans – Anatomy and Physiology for the week starting 11/17/11
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Objective
Students will
understand and be able
to discuss the basic
structure of the nervous
system – Part 1
Students will
understand and be
able to discuss the
basic structure of the
nervous system –
Part 2
Students will
understand and be
able to discuss the
anatomy of
mammalian brain
using the sheep
and cat as a model
–part 1
Students will
understand and be able
to discuss the anatomy
of mammalian brain
using the sheep and cat
as a model –part 2
Do Now
Why was it so difficult
to dissect out the spinal
cord in our previous
dissection
What are the two
major divisions of the
nervous system
Students will
understand and be
able to discuss the
principle
morphology of the
mammalian brain
and the
characteristics
associated with
the different
hemispheres
Label diagram of a
typical neuron
List three
characteristics of
left brained and
right brained
individuals
Activity
Students will see a PPT
and take notes on the
structure, organization,
and divisions of the
nervous system, parts
of a neuron, structural
diversity in neurons
differences in gray and
white matter – Part 1
Students will see a
PPT and take notes
on the structure,
organization, and
divisions of the
nervous system,
parts of a neuron,
structural diversity in
neurons differences
in gray and white
matter – Part 2
Students will
remove the heads
of their cats, which
will then be frozen
to be sectioned on
the band saw
tomorrow.
Students will work
on the dissection
of the sheep brain
Technology
Laptops for notes,
laptops and projector
for PPT
How does the
distribution of white
and gray mater in the
brain differ from that in
the spinal cord?
Laptops for notes,
laptops and projector
for PPT
What is the
difference between
afferent and efferent
neurons? Damage to
which is most likely
to end in paralysis?
Students will
complete a
worksheet on the
major portions of
the mammalian
brain and their
functions as well
as the
characteristics
associated with
the different
hemispheres of the
brain
Laptops for notes ,
worksheet and
Internet research
Collect and go over
worksheet
Describe why children
learn how to walk
(toddle) before they can
actually walk well? i.e.,
the role of the cerebrum
and the cerebellum
Students will saw cat
heads in half on the
band saw, they will take
not of the position of the
brain in the skull, the
parts of the brain and
how the spinal cord
enters the foramen
ovale (how is it different
from people?)
NA
NA
Work with
individual groups
on their
dissections and
assist with
bisecting head
Work with individual
groups on their
dissections and assist
with bisecting head
Assessment