Summary
Using a telegraph as a metaphor, the song explains the nervous system - how nerves carry messages between the brain and the body at lightning speed.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Using a telegraph as a metaphor, the song explains the nervous system - how nerves carry messages between the brain and the body at lightning speed..
- How is the nervous system like a telegraph line?
- What does your brain do with the messages it gets?
- Why do signals need to travel so fast?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: nerve, brain, signal.
Try it: Trace how a message travels from a hot stove to your hand pulling back.