Materials List: Mission Myelin:
Model, Damage, Repair

Each group needs:

  • 1 3-foot section of foam insulation tube cut in half (6’ with 1” inner diameter opening cut into 4 pieces; paper towel or toilet paper tubes cut in half and connected could be substituted)
  • 1 stopwatch (a smart phone app could be substituted)
  • 1 calculator (a smart phone app could be substituted)
  • 1 marble (any ball with a diameter less than 1 inch could be substituted)
  • 1 ramp (a ramp made of any material such as books, chairs, or cardboard could be substituted; ramps must be set to the same height and slope for all groups)
  • various high and low friction materials to line the tubing
  • various types of tapes/adhesives
  • a pair of scissors
  • a pencil
  • 1 Mission Myelin: Model Sheet
  • 1 Mission Myelin: Damage Sheet
  • 1 Mission Myelin: Repair Sheet
  • 1 Mission Myelin: Results Sheet

Each student in the class will need:

  • a paper with silly sentence printed on it (from Telephone Game Ideas Sheet)
  • a paper with pre-made “disruptive” direction (from Telephone Game Ideas Sheet)
  • 1 Neuron Diagram
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