AP Psychology
Candy Neuron Project
Directions:
1. Using your materials, build the Candy Neuron to prove you know what it looks like and how it works.
Build on the provided wax paper and all labeling or writing should take place on the white paper,
BELOW the wax paper, using a dark color. Save one corner for a sticky note to attach your full names,
in legible writing. When complete, I will come take a picture of your final product to evaluate.
2. As part of the building process, be sure to include the:
a. Axon
b. Dendrite
c. Soma
d. Terminal Buttons
e. Myelin Sheath
f. Neurotransmitters
g. Synaptic Cleft
h. Glia Cells
i. A Synapse
j. Receptor Sites
k. Presynaptic Neuron & Postsynaptic Neuron
3. Be sure to include the functions of all parts of the neuron. In addition, explain the following processes
in their respective places on the neuron when possible.
a. Action Potential
b. Depolarization
c. Resting Potential
d. All or None Principle
e. Reuptake
4. You will be evaluated by the complete product, overall visual appeal, organization, and
creativity/originality. Be sure to follow all directions on this paper. You will receive a score out of 50
maximum points, which will then be divided by two to give you a PowerSchool grade out of a maximum
25 project points.
5.
This is due at the end of the class, so do not waste time.
Grading Rubric: On back
AP Psychology
Names: ________________________________________
Candy Neuron Rubric
To Show:
Position
(1 point)
Scale
(1 point)
Written Function
(1 point)
Total
Soma
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Dendrite
_____
_____
_____
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Axon
_____
_____
_____
_____
Terminal Buttons
_____
_____
_____
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Myelin Sheath
_____
_____
_____
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Neurotransmitters
_____
_____
_____
_____
Synaptic Cleft
_____
_____
_____
_____
Glia Cell
_____
_____
_____
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Synapse
_____
_____
_____
_____
Receptor Sites
_____
_____
_____
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Presynaptic Neuron
_____
_____
_____
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Postsynaptic Neuron
_____
_____
_____
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Transmission Processes Described (1 point each):
Action Potential
_____
All or None Principle
_____
Resting Potential
_____
Depolarization
_____
Reuptake
_____
Overall Visually Pleasing
1
2
3
Organization (is your diagram clear and easy to follow)
TOTAL GRADE ______ out of 50 points
Creativity and Originality
1
Comments:
2
3
1
2
3