AP Psychology @AHS: Agenda: Week of Oct 2-6, 2017

Advanced Placement PSYCHOLOGY w/Mr. Duez

Unit 2: Chapter 3 - Biological Bases of Behavior

WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - The Story of Phineas Gage; The Neuron: Function & PurposeNeuron Diagram-Draw the neuron;
TUE - Article - "Nature vs. Nurture" - Due; Socratic Discussion of the Article.
WED/THU - Students will read the article & discuss: What Does MS Feel Like?; Study of disease to understand biology: MS, ALS, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease: Neuro-transmission is damaged, interrupted, or not functioning properly. Neurotransmitters; Nervous System (PNS, ANS, CNS)
Intro to the Brain; Brain Sketch; Lobes of the Brain; Parts/Functions of the Brain; The Teen Brain; Crash Course: The Brain
FRI - Documentary: "The Brain w/David Eagleman" students will take notes, answer, questions & discuss.
Video Documentary with Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman
Pick up questions for "The Brain with David Eagleman" documentary.

ASSIGNMENTS AT A GLANCE:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

Targets: Part I - Biological Bases of Behavior - TARGETS
Learning Targets:
★ Analyze how a person's biology can impact their behavior.
1. Compare the different methods for peering into the human brain.
2. Analyze the areas that the brain controls?
3. Explain the structure and function of the neuron?
4. How does action potential function?
5. Explain the role of neurotransmitters in neural transmission?

Major points to understand:
1. The different methods for peering into the human brain
2. What the areas does the brain control
3. The structure of the neuron
4. The action potential

5. The role of neurotransmitters in neural transmission
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Monday, Oct. 2, 2017
Quote: Quote: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: What is a neuron? How does it function? Draw out the diagram on the board of a neuron (much like the one below after the assignments)

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: The Curious Case of Phineas Gage
The whacky story of Phineas P. Gage: The man who took an iron rod through the head, and lived to tell about it!

He was never quite "Phineas" again though.

Duez Notes: Dualism Debate - Neurons & the Brain

Duez Lecture Video: Bio Intro

ASSIGNMENTS:
Quiz next Monday, Oct. 9 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
TEST on Tuesday, Oct 17 -- Chapter 3: Biological Bases of Behavior
Learning Targets and answer the questions at the end over Biological Bases of Behavior
Read & Study the Notes & YouTube Lectures over Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior

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Tuesday, Oct 3, 2017
Quote: "The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases." - Carl Jung

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: Prep the article Article - Nature vs. Nurture

2. Socratic Seminar - Text based discussion from the article:
Article - Nature vs. Nurture

Collect article at the end

3. Review how the neuron works. Comparison to a phone charger cable & parts of the neuron. How MS: Multiple Sclerosis attacks the myelin sheath and destroys neurons.

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Thursday, Oct 5, 2017
Quote: "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - William Wallace

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: Draw the brain on a sheet of paper. Use the drawing on the screen to assist you. We will label the lobes today.

2. Students will read the article & discuss: What Does MS Feel Like? by Julie Stachowiak, Ph.D.

Neuron: Review.
Nervous System: ANS, PNS, CNS

3. Notes, Video, Discussion:
Lobes of the Brain; Parts/Functions of the Brain; The Teen Brain
Parts/Functions of the Brain; Endocrine System compared to Nervous System. Also, the Teen Brain (with video)

4. (if time) Crash Course Psychology #4 - The Brain

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, we get to meet the brain. Hank talks us through the Central Nervous System, the ancestral structures of the brain, the limbic system, and new structures of the brain. Plus, what does Phineas Gage have to do with all of this?

Students will take notes; Duez will pause & discuss important points throughout.

"Astonishing!"

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Friday, Oct 6, 2017
Quote: "All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Henry Ellis

AGENDA:
1. DO NOW: Pick up questions for "The Brain with David Eagleman" documentary.

2. Video Documentary with Questions: The Brain with David Eagleman

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Agenda: Week of Oct 2-6, 2017