Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
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| Date | Subject | Assignments Due | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTRODUCTION | |||
| 18 Jan | The problem, and methods of exploration | ||
| 20 Jan | Neuroanatomy - Inputs and outputs | ||
| 25 Jan | Neuroanatomy - The central nervous system | weekly essay | |
| 27 Jan | Neurophysiology I | ||
| 1 Feb | Neurophysiology II | weekly essay | |
| 3 Feb | Neurochemistry | ||
| OUTPUT PROCESSING (Motor control) | |||
| 8 Feb | Reflexology and central pattern generation | weekly essay | |
| 10 Feb | Central pattern generation and corollary discharge | ||
| 15 Feb | Feedback processing | weekly essay | |
| 17 Feb | Muscle mechanics, motor synergies, and distributed control | ||
| 22 Feb | Volunary movement | FIRST SHORT PAPER | |
| INPUT PROCESSING (Sensory processing) | |||
| 24 Feb | Coding, filtering, and feature detection | ||
| 29 Feb | Mapping and stereopsis | weekly essay | |
| 2 March | Color vision | ||
| 7 March | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 9 March | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 14 March | Preattentive and attentive vision | weekly essay | |
| THE SENSORIMOTOR INTERFACE | |||
| 16 March | Population coding, parallel and distributed processing | ||
| 21 March | Superimposed maps and activity-gated divergence | weekly essay | |
| 23 March | Gestalts and choices | ||
| 28 March | Afference, expectation, and internal feedback | weekly essay | |
| GLOBAL MODULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 30 March | Local and global phenomena - choice, attention, sleep/wake | weekly essay | |
| 4 April | Extrinsic vs. intrinsic factors | SECOND SHORT PAPER | |
| 6 April | Multiple global control mechanisms | ||
| THE "I-FUNCTION" (Conscious processing) | |||
| 11 April | Encephalization and the cortical problem | weekly essay | |
| 13 April | Awareness and self-awareness | ||
| 18 April | Voluntary action and will | weekly essay | |
| GENESIS OF NEURAL FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR | |||
| 20 April | The reality of the innate | ||
| 25 April | Forms of neuronal lability, learning and memory | weekly essay | |
| 27 April | Individuality and creativity | ||
| FINAL PAPER due last day of exam period | |||
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