Communication in the human body takes many forms. Our nervous system communicates with our organs and tissues using electrical signals. Endocrine glands secrete chemical messengers that travel through the blood to a target and bring about change. Our special senses and our skeletal and muscular systems allow us to move, gesture and speak, to communicate our ideas, and to interact with the world around us. A breakdown in communication would disrupt the body’s overall internal balance. Students will explore the concept of communication as it applies to everyday life, machines and technology, and as it applies to their own body by building the human brain from clay and mapping functions of the human brain like personality, coordination, and the 5 senses. Students will also explore how the brain sends and receives electrical signals.
