This fully-resourced lesson explains why the speed of transmission along myelinated axons is greater than along non-myelinated axons. The PowerPoint and accompanying resources have been designed to cover point 9.5 (iii) of the Edexcel A-level Biology B specification which states that students should understand the role of saltatory conduction in the transmission of action potentials.
A wide range of activities have been written into this resource to maintain the motivation of the students whilst ensuring that the detail is covered in real depth. Interspersed with the activities are understanding checks and prior knowledge checks to allow the students to not only assess their understanding of the current topic but also challenge themselves to make links to earlier topics such as the movement of ions across membranes and biological molecules. Time at the end of the lesson is also given to future knowledge such as the involvement of autonomic motor neurones in the stimulation of involuntary muscles.
Over the course of the lesson, students will learn and discover the myelin sheath wrapped around the axons of sensory and motor neurones allows these neurones to conduct impulses quickly between receptors and the CNS and between the CNS and effectors. There is a focus on this myelin sheath and specifically how the insulation is not complete all the way along which leaves gaps known as the nodes of Ranvier which allow the entry and exit of ions. Saltatory conduction is poorly understood (and explained) by a lot of students so time is taken to look at the way that the action potential jumps between the nodes and this is explained further by reference to local currents. The rest of the lesson focuses on the other two factors which are axon diameter and temperature and students are challenged to discover these two by focusing on the vampire squid.
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