Stimulus and Response
by Anonymous
Order the sensory, association, and motor neurons and switch insulin or glucagon off to see how nerves and hormones together keep the body steady.
About this app
Stimulus and Response is an interactive middle-school life science activity about how the body maintains homeostasis. Students arrange sensory, association, and motor neurons, compare fast and localized nerve signals with slower, body-wide hormone signals, and experiment with insulin and glucagon as blood sugar changes after eating or exercising.
Use cases
- Middle-school students learning stimulus and response
- Teachers introducing neurons and reflex pathways
- Learners comparing nervous and hormonal regulation
- Students exploring blood sugar homeostasis
- Science classes using interactive virtual experiments
Features
- Arrange sensory, association, and motor neurons in the correct order
- Compare brain-mediated and spinal reflex pathways
- Switch between nerve signals and hormones including growth hormone, insulin, glucagon, and thyroxine
- Raise or lower simulated blood sugar by eating or exercising
- Turn insulin and glucagon on or off and advance time to observe regulation
- Complete guided missions across three interactive learning sections