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IV. PROCEDURES These steps should be done across the week. Spread out the activities appropriately so that students will learn well. Always be guided by demonstration of learning by the students
B. Establishing a purpose for the lesson Your nervous system The human body is made up of Discuss the direction of I will group you into 4 groups, you
(Engage) connects all your body parts trillions of cells that all work the examination need to shoe your cooperation
and transmits signals from together for the maintenance of towards your groupmates
the entire organism. While cells,
one part to another. It is a
tissues, and organs may perform
system of cells, tissues and
very different functions, all the
organs that regulates the cells in the body are similar in
body’s responses to internal their metabolic needs.
and external stimuli. Each Maintaining a constant internal
part of the nervous system environment by providing the
has a specific role as it cells with what they need to
functions as an important survive (oxygen, nutrients, and
part of a system. removal of waste) is necessary
for the wellbeing of individual
cells and of the entire body
C. Presenting examples/instances of THE NERVE IMPULSE To achieve homeostasis, the Distribution of test Directions: Make a simple
the new lesson Neurons are cells with the nervous system and the questionaire concept map showing the
special ability to carry signals endocrine system maintain a divisions and sub-divisions of the
normal range of the following
or impulses. Thoughts, nervous system. Write your
variables:
emotions, learning, and many answers in your notebook/on a
a. Body temperature,
body functions are carried by b. Amount of water in the body, separate sheet of paper.
nerve impulses in the c. Amount of metabolic waste in
neurons. A nerve impulse is a the cell,
combination of an electrical d. Blood calcium levels,
charge and chemical reaction. Hormones in the blood
A nerve impulse is not a flow
of electricity, but an
electrochemical signal moving
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along a neuron.
D.Discussing new concepts and The Nerve Impulse cannot jump Feedback Regulation Loops Examination proper Presentation
practicing new skills #1 (Explore) from one neuron to another. The endocrine system plays
When a nerve impulse comes to an important role in
an end of an axon, it produces homeostasis because
the chemical, called hormones regulate the activity
NEUROTRANSMITTER to be of body cells. The release of
released. The chemical crosses hormones into the blood is
the space between neurons controlled by a stimulus. For
called SYNAPSE and stimulates example, the stimulus either
the nerve impulse to start in the causes an increase or a
next dendrite. decrease in the amount of
hormone secreted. Then, the
response to a stimulus
changes the internal
conditions and may itself
become a new stimulus. This
selfadjusting mechanism is
called feedback regulation.