Materials List:
Mission Myelin:
Model, Damage, Repair
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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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