Neuroscience at High School
School Course, Amir High School, 2023
I’m currently instructing a neuroscience course for high school students aged 16-17 at Amir High School, focusing on the essentials and foundational concepts of Systems Neuroscience.
Please note that the course is ongoing, and the files are not yet complete.
You’ll find the presentation slides for each session and some of their homework assignments below.
| Lec# | Date | Objectives | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11th Aban 1402 | What is Science?, Role of Modeling in Science, Philosophy of Science | Slides |
| 2 | 18th Aban 1402 | What is Neuroscience?, Levels of Analysis in Neuroscience, Relating Behavior to Neural Activity | Slides |
| 3 | 25th Aban 1402 | Nerve Cells, Glias, Neurons, and their Different Types | Slides |
| 4 | 2nd Azar 1402 | Axon Properties, Ion Channels, Action Potentials | Slides |
| 5 | 9th Azar 1402 | Spike Generation and Conduction, Role of Myelin | Slides, Homework |
| 6 | 23rd Azar 1402 | Synapses, Examples of Neural Coding (Hippocampal Place Cells) | Slides, Homework |
| 7 | 28th Dey 1402 | Example of Neural Circuits (Knee-Jerk Reflex), Raster Plot & PSTH, Tuning Curve | Slides, Homework |