🔬 Science · The Human Body
The Nervous System
Understand that the nervous system has two parts — the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and nerves that branch throughout the body — and that nerve signals travel at high speed to coordinate senses, thought, and movement
Typical age: 9–11 years
“Can your child explain how a message travels from their finger to their brain when they touch something hot, and then back to their hand to pull it away?”
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Needs first
- How the Eye WorksREQUIRED
Understanding central/peripheral nervous system builds on knowing how eye sends signals via optic nerve
- Senses, Brain & Responses
Exploratory nervous system detail complements curriculum senses/brain/response topic (US G4)
- The Brain Controls the BodyREQUIRED
Detailed nervous system builds on knowing the brain is the body's control centre