Sense+Project

Your group of randomly assigned classmates will be teaching your class about the inner workings of your sense. You will have a maximum of 20 minutes of classtime to actively present the information to the class. A list of terms that must be included has been given to you below, these are the key terms. There must be both a visual and a kinesthetic (moving around) part of your presentation. You can ask your classmates to do the moving/acting out, or do it yourselves. Make it memorable, appropriate, and creative. All members of your group will verbally participate in the presentation. Those absent on the day it is due will be submitting a written assignment, explaining and illustrating your topic with your own drawings and writing (include bibliography) minimum 3pgs TNR double spaced plus drawing. A space has been created for you in "projects" for you to create a handout of notes for your classmates to access. You will share a google doc with me that has 5 fill in the blank quiz style questions that students should be able to answer upon participating in your project.These questions will become part of an assessment at the end of the unit.

Rubric categories Enthusiasm 10% Creativity 10% Content knowledge demonstrated 25% Use of visual materials 15% Use of kinesthetic activity 15% Clarity of information presented 25%

Vocabulary:

tongue taste cells taste buds supertasters Why do some people like different tastes? sweet tooth How/why are taste and memory connected?
 * Taste**

cornea iris pupil lens retina photoreceptors rods/cones ganglion cells optic nerve blind spot color blindness trichromats monochromats dichromats
 * Vision**

pitch eardrum ossicles oval window cochlea organ of Corti hair cells auditory nerve place theory frequency theory conduction deafness nerve deafness
 * Hearing**

pheromones How are pheremones involved in communication? How are smell and memory interconnected? how is the sense of smell lost? Why is the ability to smell important? Explain how/why smell influences taste: olfaction olfactory nerve olfactory bulb
 * Smell**

skin senses gate-control theory of pain epithelia primary somatosensory area homunculus Pacinian corpuscles free nerve endings postcentral gyrus Why is the sense of touch so important? What happens when the very young are not touched?
 * Touch**

kinesthesis vestibular sense semicircular canals vestibular sacs Pacinian corpuscles somatognosis visceral sense equilibrium myesthesia
 * Kinesthetic/Vestibular Senses**