Neurons Stop Motion Animation

Objective:
Use two neurons to show how the parts of the neuron combine to transmit messages within the nervous
system.

Stellar Good Good Enough Not Good You made

Neuron Enough Mickey
Stop-Motion Mouse cry.

Rubric (30pts) 5 4 3 2 1
Neuron model The Neuron Model clearly The Neuron The Neuron Most of the The Neuron
and creativity shows the six Model shows the Model shows six parts of is present
parts (Dendrites, Nucleus, six parts of the the six parts the neuron
Cell body, Axon, Myelin neuron and their of the neuron are shown
Sheath, and Axon Endings) functions.
U of the neuron and their
s function.
i Neurotrans- Clearly shows the chemical Clearly shows the Shows the Shows the Shows the
n mission and electrical transmission chemical and chemical and chemical and chemical or
g with seamless transition electrical electrical electrical electrical
from the stimulus through transmission with transmission transmission transmission
K two neurons. transition from through two
n the stimulus neurons.
o through two
w neurons.
l Neurotrans- The Action Potential The Action The Action The Action There is a
e mission in a transmission is clearly Potential Potential Potential progression
d single cell shown along the Axon. transmission is transmission transmission in a single
g Including the change in clearly shown is shown is incomplete. cell
e charge across the Axon along the Axon. along the
membrane, and the including pumps Axon.
function of the Na-K and Gated
protein pump and Gated Na Channels
and K channels
Using Knowledge

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P Neurotrans- The progression of multiple The progression The The There is a
r mission from neurotransmitter in of progression progression progression
o Cell to Cell multiple vesicles clearly neurotransmitter of of from cell to
c shows how the in vesicles clearly neurotransmi Neurotransmi cell
e transmission crosses the shows how the tter in tter across
s synaptic gap transmission vesicles the synaptic
s crosses the shows how is incomplete
i synaptic gap the
n transmission
g crosses the
synaptic gap
a Neuron as cell There is a model of the There is a model There is a There is a There is a
n neuron that clearly and of the neuron model of the model of the model of
d concisely included all the that included all neuron that neuron that the neuron
key parts of the animal cell: the key parts of included included with some
E Nucleus the animal cell most of the most of the key parts of
v Mitrocrinda and key parts of key parts of the animal
a cell membrane most of their the animal the animal cell
l ribosomes functions within a cell cell
u Cytoskeleton neuron and
a and their function within a their function
t neuron within a
i neuron
n
g Creativity Animation is creative, Animation is Animation is Animation is The process
clean, and unique. The creative and clean. There choppy or is animated
transition between scales is clean. The is a clear transitions
very smooth transition effort to are not
between scales is make the smooth
smooth transition
between
scales
smooth

Processing and Evaluating

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*Up to Five points extra credit sound/music of voice over based on creativity and enhancement of the video*