April 1-11

• Mon 4/1:  Action Potential and Neurotransmitter Simulations on the computer.  Write down the steps of each and turn in as a pair.
• Wed 4/3:  Stimulus and Response.  Synapses.  Excitatory and Inhibitory responses.  Action of drugs. Cocaine and THC.
• Fri 4/5:  Parts of the human brain.  How do we know about the brain?  Pupil reflex, unconscious behaviors, and pain.  Animal behaviors:  foraging, rhythmic behaviors, social organization, exaggerated traits.
• Tues 4/9:  Innate behavior vs. learned behavior.  Birdsong.  Sensory receptors.  Structure of the human ear.  Structure of the human eye.
• Thurs 4/11:  Dissecting cows eyes.  Wrap up neurobiology.