PhET Action Potential Virtual Simulation
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Do you students need an opportunity to apply what they've learned about action potentials propagating down a neuron's membrane? It's a complicated topic that will need some practice in order to fully comprehend. This simulation provides them with an immersive experience that will have them applying all of the complex steps of the action potential that they have learned. This student worksheet will guide them through the free PhET Simulation which is in HTML format. This is compatible with students Chromebooks if you want them to work independently or on a SMART board for whole group instruction. This simulation and worksheet can be given in the Nervous System Unit after you have taught Action Potentials.
After I have thoroughly taught Action Potentials, provided notes & have given them all of the tools to be successful, I put students in pairs and allow them to struggle through this simulation with their partner. I encourage them to use a Bozeman video that I have attached which takes them through the exact simulation. My students eventually get it and gain a deeper level of comprehension. Included on the second page is a sections where they will GRAPH the complete action potential from start to finish. Students always need practice with graphing and this graph is a key component to understating this topic. The last section of the worksheet provides a real world application to a condition that does have properly functioning action potentials in sensory neurons. Students are asked to apply the simulation that they just completed to what is happening in this rare condition. This download also includes an Answer Key!!!
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