Fine Motor Skills
What are fine motor skills? (Big movements or small movements)
Small Movements
What are gross motor skills? (Big movements or small movements)
Big movements
What sense is most involved when we listen to music?
Hearing
How many Nervous Systems do we have?
2
True or false... Smell can trigger memories and emotions
True!
Name two fine motor skills
Examples: buttoning a shirt, writing, coloring, typing, texting
Name two activities that use gross motor skills.
Ex. Riding a bike, running, walking, jumping, lifting weights
What two senses work together when we eat food?
Taste and smell
What two parts make up the central nervous system?
The brain and the spinal cord.
Name a food that has the taste of "umami"
Ex. Soy sauce, mushrooms
When holding an egg, does this require higher awareness of our hand eye coordination or our grip strength?
Grip Strength, we don't want the egg to crack!
Name a daily task that uses both fine and gross motor skills.
Ex. Doing laundry, cooking
Which sense helps us with the sensations of pressure, temperature, and texture?
Touch (tactile)
What are the two types of Nervous Systems?
Central and Peripheral Nervous System
What part of the body is the Iris in?
Does typing require more finger dexterity, or more grip strength?
Finger Dexterity
Does riding a bike downhill require more balance or more strength?
Balance!
Which sense is home to the smallest bones in the body?
Hearing! (Malleus, incus, and stapes)
What does the optic nerve do? (What sense does it control)
Seeing (vision)
True or false, taste buds do not regenerate.
False! Taste buds regenerate every 1-2 weeks.
When you make a fist with your fingers, are your fingers flexed or extended?
Flexed
When running a marathon, is it more important to have endurance or flexibility?
Endurance!
What is the name of the raised dots that help people with vision impairments to read?
Braille
How do our senses send messages to the brain — through what system?
The Peripheral Nervous System
True or false, the tongue has 1,000 taste buds.
False! The tongue has 10,000 taste buds