NGSS Cross-Cutting Concepts

SYS-M1 Cross-Cutting Concepts resources

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SYS-M1 | Cross-Cutting Concepts

Systems may interact with other systems; they may have sub-systems and be a part of larger complex systems.

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I Like That!: How perception, emotion, and cognition shape our preferences

Grades

6, 7, 8

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Students will conduct experiments and analyze real scientific data as they learn about themselves. They'll learn how our eyes and brains interact to determine what we like and dislike, and apply this knowledge to fish research and the art of character design.

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Lesson 2

Through the conceptual framework of visual signal processing, students will become very familiar with the connections between the eyes and different aspects of neural processing (though we don't go into the specific parts of the brain, which is a bit beyond the scope of this lesson).

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