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Neuroscience and Zombies Autopsies Unit

Grade Level Grades 9-12
Resource Type Activity, Assessment, Lesson Plan

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These original lessons build upon each other and have an accompanying plot line where the world is fighting a zombie apocalypse and the best and the brightest young people are being trained as medical students- with a specialty in neuroscience- with the hopes that they will be able to provide a cure to this terrible epidemic and save humanity. Use them together or as stand-alone lessons. A basic understanding of biology is the only pre-requisite for these cross-curricular lessons!

While this lesson was originally designed for in classroom use, it can easily be adapted as a project-based distance learning activity. Provide students with edited directions, links to the video, powerpoint, and activity sheets and let them have fun with it.

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Check out more free lesson plans and resources on Share My Lesson in the Celebrate Science Collection or the Halloween Collection.

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Day_1_-_Lesson_Plan_You’ll_be_Wishin’_for_some_Neurotransmission_and_Background_Story.docx

Lesson Plan
February 13, 2020
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Giant_Neuron_Puzzle.pdf

Activity
February 13, 2020
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Day_2_-_Lesson_Plan_The_Neuroanatomy_of_a_Zombie.docx

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February 13, 2020
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Zombies_and_Brains_Pre-Quiz.docx

Assessment
February 13, 2020
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Neuroscience_Quiz.docx

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February 13, 2020
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Day_3_-_Lesson_Plan_Super_Spooky_Psychiatric_Medicine_to_Save_the_World.docx

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February 13, 2020
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Lesson_3_Handout_PBS_NewsHour_Article.docx

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February 13, 2020
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Find_a_Cure.docx

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February 13, 2020
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Publish_an_Acadmic_Journal_Article.docx

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February 13, 2020
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Normal_Brain_and_Zombie_Brains.pdf

February 13, 2020
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Zombie_Brains_Short.pdf

February 13, 2020
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Neurons_and_Neurotranmission.pdf

February 13, 2020
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The_Zombie_Autopsies_Introduction_and_Reading_Guide.docx

February 13, 2020
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Day_4_-_Lesson_Plan_Publish_or_Perish.docx

February 13, 2020
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Neurotransmission_Dance_Party.jpg

February 10, 2020
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Reviews

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1 Review
I am doing this unit with my high school continuation school students. In the first lesson, I printed the neuron pages smaller so each student made their own neuron. In lesson 2, the Brain Mythology pdf is not available for download. I found it here: https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/01c14c6b-2864-4de3-892b-49c4dafef3f9/the-zombie-autopsies-the-neuroanatomy-of-a-zombie/. This is a fun unit and students seem to enjoy it.
Cayucos
November 05, 2018
angiemostert_1713526
October 20, 2016
Katie Gould
August 30, 2016

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