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Brain U Video: The Action Potential
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This 10-minute video from University of Minnesota's Department of Neuroscience provides conceptual support on how an electrical signal travels down an axon to send messages in our neurons. Each step of the process is nicely animated showing basic neuron structure, the role of the cell membrane and ion channels, and movement of sodium and potassium ions in response to an electrical impulse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OwDYF4MVo
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Brain U, University of Minnesota Department of Neuroscience and Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:
Axon, Biology, Microbiology, Neuron, electric potential, membrane potential, resting potential, sodium channel
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Metadata instance created September 22, 2021 by Caroline Hall
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September 22, 2021 by Caroline Hall
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March 28, 2013
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Next Generation Science Standards

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes (MS-LS1)

Students who demonstrate understanding can: (6-8)
  • Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. (MS-LS1-3)
  • Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories. (MS-LS1-8)

Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)

Structure and Function (LS1.A)
  • In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions. (6-8)
  • Feedback mechanisms maintain a living system's internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors, allowing it to remain alive and functional even as external conditions change within some range. Feedback mechanisms can encourage (through positive feedback) or discourage (negative feedback) what is going on inside the living system. (9-12)
Information Processing (LS1.D)
  • Each sense receptor responds to different inputs (electromagnetic, mechanical, chemical), transmitting them as signals that travel along nerve cells to the brain. The signals are then processed in the brain, resulting in immediate behaviors or memories. (6-8)

Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)

Structure and Function (K-12)
  • Complex and microscopic structures and systems can be visualized, modeled, and used to describe how their function depends on the shapes, composition, and relationships among its parts, therefore complex natural structures/systems can be analyzed to determine how they function. (6-8)
Stability and Change (2-12)
  • Stability might be disturbed either by sudden events or gradual changes that accumulate over time. (6-8)
  • Much of science deals with constructing explanations of how things change and how they remain stable. (9-12)
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Brain U Video: The Action Potential (Brain U, Minneapolis, 2013), <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OwDYF4MVo>.
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Brain U Video: The Action Potential. (2013, March 28). Retrieved May 4, 2025, from Brain U: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OwDYF4MVo
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Brain U. Brain U Video: The Action Potential. Minneapolis: Brain U, March 28, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OwDYF4MVo (accessed 4 May 2025).
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Brain U Video: The Action Potential. Minneapolis: Brain U, 2013. 28 Mar. 2013. 4 May 2025 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OwDYF4MVo>.
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