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Lesson No: 1 Date: 27th November 2017

Subject: Biology
Theme 4: Human Body – Chapter 6. Nervous system
Topic – Introduction to nervous system

School: Sarla Birla Academy Class: VII

Time: 40mins

Teaching Points:

 Introduction to nervous system.

 Definition of terms – nerve impulse, stimulus, response, receptor, effector and coordination.
 Types of stimuli and responses.
 Functions of nervous system.

Instructional Objectives:

The students will be able to

Knowledge:

 Define the terms – nerve impulse, stimulus, response and coordination.

 Recall the types of stimuli and responses.
 List out the functions of the nervous system.

Understanding

 Differentiate between the types of stimuli and responses

 Give examples for types of stimuli and responses
 Understand the importance of nervous system.
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Application

 Connect the role of nervous system with their daily activities.

Skill:

 Students will be able to distinguish between inborn and learnt from experience responses.

Teaching Aids:

 Video of Charlie Chaplin to introduce the chapter.

 Power point presentation for only important definitions - nerve impulse, stimulus, response, receptor, effector and coordination.
 Black board work for flow-charts.

Reference:

 7th class – Learning elementary Biology with online support, Goyal Brothers Prakashan - 2017

Previous knowledge Teachers activity Pupils activity

Overview of human body and its parts. Wishes the students Wish the teacher
Meaning of sense or to sense and sensory A short video of Charlie Chaplin with various Watch the video.
organs. emotions and expressions will be played for
the students.
Overview of processes of various organ What was your reaction to the video played? We all laughed.
systems and activities that our body can do. What were the various emotions displayed by The actor was laughing, crying, surprised etc.
the actor?

Can anyone tell me how is that we react to a Listen and reply accordingly.
situation in a specific manner? We react in an angry manner based on prior
Example - when someone pinches you memory.
What do you think is controlling how we react Brain
to these above situations?
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Statement of Aim: So students in today’s class we will be starting the chapter Nervous system. The system which controls and coordinates your
actions.

Content Teaching point Teacher activity Student activity Evaluation

The overview of nervous Introduction to nervous Introduces the overview of
system functioning system. nervous system
through a suitable functioning through a
example – Picking of the suitable example.
coin.
 Nervous system. Suppose you see a coin Observe and listen
 The brain controls lying on the floor. You carefully.
what you decide to bend down and pick it up.
do and coordinates You do this because of
your action. your nervous system.
 stimulus (Singular) Your sense organs send
or stimuli (Plural) information to your brain.
 The receptor. The brain controls what
 Nerve impulse. you decide to do and
 Effector. coordinates your action.
Presence of the coin here
was a change in your
environment - this we call
as stimulus (Singular) or
stimuli (Plural). The
sense organ that receives
this stimulus is called the
receptor.
This receptor then sends
the information about the
coin to the brain or the
spinal cord in form of
‘messages’ which we call
as nerve impulse.
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The nerve impulse from

brain or spinal cord is sent
to the muscle to which
will then respond. The
muscle is called the
effector.

Uses the black board to Observe carefully.

draw the flow of events for
the stimulus-response pair
of interest while
explaining.

The main definitions: Definition of the terms – Defines the terms using Listen and observe
i. Stimulus  Stimulus the power point carefully
ii. The receptor  Receptor presentation prepared for
iii. Nerve impulses  Nerve impulse the same –
iv. Brain or Spinal cord  Brain/ Spinal cord – i. Stimulus – any
v. Effector coordinators change in an
vi. Response  Effector organism’s internal or
 Response external environment
that is intense enough
to give rise to a
response.
ii. Eye – the receptor –
the sense organ which
detects the stimulus.
iii. Nerve impulses – the
information about the
stimulus sent inform
of messages.
iv. Brain or Spinal cord
– the coordinator
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organs. These
coordinate the
information received
from the receptors.
v. Effector – this is the
muscle which has to
execute the response
based on the message
received from the
coordinator.
vi. Response – the
behaviour caused by
the stimulus.

Writes The definitions are written

below the respective
flowchart items on the
board.
Asks the students to copy
down the flow chart with
definitions.
Categorises the types of Types of stimuli and Categorises the types of Listen and observe 1. Light is an
stimuli and responses responses. stimuli and responses carefully. ___________ stimulus.
with suitable examples. with suitable examples. 2. Hunger is an
There are two types of There are two types of __________ stimulus.
stimuli – stimuli –
a. External and a) External and Answer –
b. Internal b) Internal 1. External
2. Internal
External stimulus is due
to environmental factors
such as light, heat, water,
wind, touch and other
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organism. For example –

Portulaca flowers, light is
the external stimulus for
this organism. Similarly
for touch-me-not plants,
touch is the external
stimulus.
Burning candle wax is a
stimulus to our hand and
we respond by pulling our
hand away from the
burning candle.

Internal stimulus is due

to factors within the
organism. Example –
secretion of enzymes in
our body is an internal
stimulus. And so is
secretion of hormones etc.

Responses are also of two Responses are also of two Listen and observe Is salivation an inborn or
types - types - carefully. learnt from experience
Inborn response a. Inborn response?
Learnt from experience b. Learnt from
experience. Answer – Inborn.
Inborn response – it is
quick and automatic. You
do not even have to think.
Example – Sneezing.
Learnt from experience –
in some cases you learn
how to respond to stimuli
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Coordination - this means
that body tissues and
organs work together
performing their functions
at the correct speed and in
correct sequence, to fulfil
the needs of the whole
body.
Functions of the nervous
system:
i. Coordination of
muscular action.
ii. Coordination of
actions which we
are not aware of is
taking place.
iii. Controls working
of the body.
iv. Controls responses
to various external
stimuli.
v. Works in close
coordination with
the endocrine
system.
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through experience.
Example – baby learns to
say ‘mama’ on seeing the
mother or dog learns to sit
when he listens to ‘sit’.
Definition of the term – Coordination – this Listen and observe
Coordination. means that body tissues carefully.
and organs work together
performing their functions
at the correct speed and in
correct sequence, to fulfil
the needs of the whole
body.
Functions of the nervous Explains the functions of Listen and observe
system. the nervous system: carefully.
i. The nervous system
coordinates the muscles
so that we can walk,
write, etc. When we
smile the nervous
system coordinates the
muscles of the face
ii. The nervous system
also coordinates things
that we do not even
think about like
breathing, swallowing,
etc.
iii. The N.S controls the
working of the body
iv. Controls responses to
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various external stimuli.

Works in close
coordination with the
endocrine system.

Concluding Statement: We are concluding today’s class with functions of the nervous system. We shall continue the chapter in the next class.

Recapitulation and Blackboard Summary:

Recapitulation Blackboard Summary

Schematic representation of Coordination of the brain. Stimulus Receptor Brain Effector Response
(Sensory organ) (Muscle)
What is stimulus? Any change in an organism’s internal or external environment that is
intense enough to give rise to a response.
What is response? The behaviour caused by the stimulus.

What are the functions of the nervous system? The functions of the Nervous system are:
1. Coordination of muscular action.
2. Coordination of actions which we are not aware of is taking
place.
3. Controls working of the body.
4. Controls responses to various external stimuli.
5. Works in close coordination with the endocrine system
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Evaluation Questions:

Match the following –

1. Message - a. touch
2. External stimulus - b. coughing
3. In-born response - c. tongue
4. Receptor - d. Muscle
5. Effector - e. Nerve impulse

Answer –
1. e
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d

Home assignment:
 Identity inborn and learnt from experiences responses that you perform on daily basis.
 Find out the mechanism behind the response given by the touch-me-not plant to the stimulus of touch.