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How Do Animals Experience Pain? Instructional VideoHow Do Animals Experience Pain? Instructional Video
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How Do Animals Experience Pain?

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Not all animals respond to pain the same way. Thanks to the structure of the nervous systems of different living organisms, vertebrates and invertebrates experience nociception—the sensory nervous system's response to pain.

 

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Concepts

animals, invertebrates, vertebrates, the brain

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Flip the lesson and have learners view the link at home prior to coming to class the next day to discuss and further expand on the topic
  • Incorporate into a study of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, or the nervous system

Classroom Considerations

  • Best suited for a science or psychology class 

Pros

  • Comes with links to research, a quiz to check for understanding, and discussion questions
  • Graphics are visually engaging

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  • None

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