What’s on the Nervous System poster
A definition and 5 facts worth remembering.
Senses what is happening, decides what to do, and sends the instructions — extremely fast.
- Signals travel along nerves at up to 120 metres per second.
- The brain has roughly 86 billion neurons.
- Reflexes are handled by the spinal cord, before the brain is involved.
- It controls both what you choose and what you never think about.
- The brain uses about 20% of the body's energy.
- Main parts — brain, spinal cord
- brain · spinal cord · nerves · sense organs
Controls every other system, including ones you never notice.
Questions about the Nervous System poster
- What’s on the Nervous System poster?
- A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. Senses what is happening, decides what to do, and sends the instructions — extremely fast. Signals travel along nerves at up to 120 metres per second.; The brain has roughly 86 billion neurons.; Reflexes are handled by the spinal cord, before the brain is involved.; It controls both what you choose and what you never think about.; The brain uses about 20% of the body's energy.; Main parts — brain, spinal cord; brain · spinal cord · nerves · sense organs. Controls every other system, including ones you never notice.
- Who is the Nervous System poster for?
- Nervous System is filed under 5th Grade (ages 10–11), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting science, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Nervous System poster?
- Point to where this system is on your own body as you read each fact. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Nervous System belongs on the wall where that science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Nervous System?
- Circulatory System, Digestive System and Excretory System sit alongside Nervous System in the 5th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Circulatory SystemDigestive SystemExcretory System
- Is the Nervous System poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Nervous System downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 5th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Nervous System poster print at?
- Nervous System is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Nervous System loses nothing.Printing guide
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