Neuron
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Topics
- Biology
- Neurons
- Cells
Description
Stimulate a neuron and monitor what happens. Pause, rewind, and move forward in time in order to observe the ions as they move across the neuron membrane.
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe why ions can or cannot move across neuron membranes.
- Identify leakage and gated channels, and describe the function of each.
- Describe how membrane permeability changes in terms of different types of channels in a neuron.
- Describe the sequence of events that generates an action potential.
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Neuron - an inquiry lesson idea |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
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Biology |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Physics Earth Science Chemistry Biology |
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| Action Potential Simulation - Guided Inquiry Activity | Kara Reichert | UG-Intro HS |
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| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | UG-Intro UG-Adv Grad HS MS K-5 |
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Chemistry Mathematics Physics Astronomy |
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The new HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.
iPad:
iOS 11+ Safari
iPad compatible sims
Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.
Chromebook:
Latest version of Google Chrome
The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
Chromebook compatible sims
Windows Systems:
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.
Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.9.5+, Safari 9+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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