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Make a Neuron

Materials

  • Pictures or photographs of example neurons (have different types of neurons, examples of synapses, labeled diagrams)
  • Small beads
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Other art materials
  • Heavy duty paper
  • Glue
  • Tape
  • Markers

Prep before activity 

Instructions

  • Using the example pictures, have participants create their own model of a neuron using the given materials
  • Guide participant’s creations by telling what the different parts are and what they do

Discussion Points

  • The brain is made up of billions of individual nerve cells (neurons)
  • There are different types of neurons: unipolar, bipolar, multipolar, pyramidal cells, Purkinje cells
  • Neurons can be different shapes and sizes
  • Some neurons excite (turn on) other neurons, some inhibit (turn off)
  • A neuron has 4 basic parts: the dendrites, the cell body (also called the "soma"), the axon and the axon terminal

Faculty Coordinators
Valerie Hedges, PhD
Casey Henley, PhD

MSUNeuroscienceOutreach
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