How do you know when your hand touches something? How do you know if something brushes against your shoulder? Think about your fingertip, arm, and back. In which of these places might your nerves be closer together? Review the concept of neurons and nerves, make your predictions and see for yourself in the experiment provided here!

Concepts

making predictions, neurons

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Additional Tags

human nervous system, nervous system, science experiments, a nervous experiment, hypothesis

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)