The Nervous System/The 5 Senses Web quest
Click on the links to find the answers to the questions. You just need an answer to each
question, do not write in complete sentences 
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000136.html
1) What are the three parts of the nervous system?
2) What are nerves?
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/brain_SW_p4.html
3) What is the spinal cord?
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000135.html
4) What is your brain made of?
5) What are some of the things that your brain does?
6) Which side of your brain controls the right side of your body?
7) Which side of your brain controls the left side of your body?
8) How much does your brain weigh?
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html
9) What is the largest part of the brain and what does this part do?
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/brain_SW_p5.html
10) What are some ways to be good to your brain?
11) Which part of your brain controls your emotions (like happiness and sadness)?
http://kidshealth.org/misc/movie/bodybasics/bodybasics_brain.html (use this for your picture)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html (use this for your explanation of each part)
12) Draw this diagram on your paper, then label the three parts shown by the arrows. Write
one sentence for each part that tells what it does.
13) MEDtropolis - Virtual Body: The Human Brain
Click on English or Espanol, then click on “The Human Brain”, and then Narrated “Neurons”.
YOU WILL NEED EARPHONES TO LISTEN TO THIS 
Smell -Web Quest Worksheet
14) Who has a better sense of smell? Parents, Kids, or Grandparents
Click here to discover what smells are and who has a better sense of smell.
15) Summarize in your own words “How we smell smells?”
16) Food Tastes Great! What happens if you don't have a sense of smell?
Click here to learn how your sense of smell can affect your sense of taste.
Sight -Web Quest Worksheet
17) What does it mean if someone is nearsighted or farsighted? What causes someone to be
nearsighted or farsighted?
Click here to find the information necessary to find out what it means to be nearsighted or
farsighted.
18) Why does a cat's, dogs or other animal's eyes glow at night, but not a person?
Check here and check out the Sense-Sat ional Facts at the bottom of the page to find the
answer.
19) Describe how the following structures protect the eye.
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eyebrows
eyelashes
eyelids
Click here to find out how the eyebrows, eyelashes and eyelids protect the eyes.
20) How many minutes a year are your eyes closed just from blinking? You need to figure this
one out by using your math skills.
Click here and check out the Sense-Sat ional Facts at the bottom of the page to find the
answer.
21) What is the difference between rods and cones? AMAZING FACT: when information is
sent to the brain, it is upside down…what converts it to be right side up?
Check here and check out the How Your Eyes Work Section at the bottom of the page to
find the answer.
22) Have no fear - you've got tears! Why is that good?
Click here to find out why it is good to have tears.
Touch -Web Quest Worksheet
23) Name two of the most sensitive parts of your body.
Click here to discover the most sensitive parts of the body.
24) Which sense would be better if you were a spider, touch or sight?
Click here to explore the senses of a spider.
25) How is the location of the sense of touch different from the other senses?
Click here to learn how the sense of touch is different from the other senses...
Hearing -Web Quest Worksheet
26) What are the three sections of the ear?
27) Do your ears help with your balance and sense of direction?
Click here to identify the three sections of the ear and find out if your ears help with your
balance and sense of direction.
28) What animal has the best sense of hearing?
Click here to discover which animal has the best sense of hearing.
29) Summarize in your own words “How you hear?”
30) Follow the link on how to Treat Your Ears and list three tips.
Click here for information about how to treat Your Ears.
Taste -Web Quest Worksheet
31) What part of your tongue does not have many taste buds?
32) Besides their mouth, how else can a fish taste?
33) Does your sense of taste get stronger as you get older?
Click here to find out about your tongue and how a fish tastes.
Web Quest : Nervous System/The Senses Rubric
Teacher Name: Mrs. Dahl
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY
50=A
40=B
35=C
Scientific Concepts Answers illustrate
Answers illustrate
Answers illustrate
an accurate and
an accurate
a limited
thorough
understanding of
understanding of
understanding of
most scientific
scientific concepts
scientific concepts concepts
underlying the web
underlying the web underlying the web quest.
quest.
quest.
10=A
8=B
7=C
Participation
Used time well in
Used time pretty
Did the lab but did
class and focused
well. Stayed
not appear very
attention on the
focused on the
interested. Focus
web quest.
web quest most of was lost on several
the time.
occasions.
60 Points Possible
Student
Grade_____
Teacher
Grade_____
Comments:
30=D
Answers illustrate
inaccurate
understanding of
scientific concepts
underlying the web
quest.
25=F
Answers show NO
understanding of
scientific concepts
underlying the web
quest.
6=D
5=F
Participation was
There was no
minimal OR
participation.
student was hostile
about
participating.