Teaching Materials - Episode One

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Download the full set of the Reconstructors® Episode One Teaching Materials
 [556KB pdf]

(OR download individual components below)

Episode Briefing

• Synopsis of Episode (for Teachers) [121KB pdf]
• National Science Education Content Standard Correlations [181KB pdf]
• Vocabulary Terms [116KB pdf]
• Mission Log [123KB pdf]

Episode Debriefing

• Activity 1: Drug Beat [249KB pdf]
  In this activity, the student will conduct an experiment to learn how two common drugs affect the heart rate of an invertebrate animal.
  
  • Supplemental Material: Daphnia and Kava  [103KB pdf] Your students can hone their graph interpretation skills using this data on the effects of kava.

• Activity 2: Brain Base  [246KB pdf]
  The student will learn about different parts of the brain by creating an image database on the different activities controlled by the brain.

• Activity 3: It's All In Your Mind  [285KB pdf]
  In this activity, the student will carry out a demonstration in order to understand the concept of sensory misperception.

(Editable) Pre- and Post-Episode Student Assessment in Rich Text Format

• Pre-Episode Assessment [32KB rtf]
• Post-Episode Assessment [36KB rtf]

• Answer Key for Pre- and Post-Episode Assessments (in Adobe Acrobat) [70KB pdf]

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