Movement Summary Start Assignment

Name: ______________________________

Rubric – Movement Summary – Reaching for a Cookie

_____ College level writing that demonstrates proper syntax and lacks spelling, grammar, & punctuation errors. The summary is written in your own words, does not include first second or third person, or nonfactual statements. The summary remains on topic (is about movement). It includes proper APA style citations at the end of the summary (in-text citations are not required). (5pts)

_____ Introductory Paragraph (5pts) The introduction discusses the general purpose of the nervous system, motor pathway, nerve impulse, muscular system and the skeletal systems in the process of movement, describing how these three systems interact to produce movement of the human body.

____ Motor Pathway – The summary includes a paragraph that: (10 pts) 1. Explains what a motor pathway is and the purpose it serves in the process of movement 2. Describes a general motor pathway through brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerve to reach a

skeletal muscle 3. Explanations are thorough and correct

____ Nerve impulses/Nerve signals – The summary includes a paragraph that: (10 pts) 1. Explains what a nerve impulse is and what purpose it serves in the process of producing movement 2. Explains how an impulse is initiated in the somas – thoroughly & correctly 3. Explains how an impulse is propagated down the axons– thoroughly & correctly 4. Explains how an impulse is transmitted to the next neurons in a pathway & eventually the muscle–

thoroughly & correctly

Concluding Paragraph describes the specific interactions between these systems for the following movements:

____ Reach forward for the cookie: (5 pts) 1. Movement at the shoulder joint is identified correctly 2. Nerves, muscles, and bones needed to produce the movement are identified correctly 3. Description of the interaction between the nerves, muscles & bones for the movement is thorough

and correct – including the action at the articulation points

____ Grasp the cookie with the fingers and thumb: (5 pts) 1. Movement at the metacarpophalangeal joints of fingers & thumb is identified correctly 2. Nerves, muscles, and bones needed to produce the movement are identified correctly 3. Description of the interaction between the nerves, muscles & bones for the movement is thorough

and correct.

____ Bring the cookie to the mouth by first turning the elbow (palm up) and then bending the elbow: (10pts) 1. Two required movements at the elbow joint are identified correctly 2. Nerves, muscles, and bones needed to produce the movement are identified correctly 3. Description of the interaction between the nerves, muscles & bones for the movement is thorough

and correct – including the action at the articulation points

1. Name:
2. College level writing that demonstrates proper syntax and lacks spelling grammar punctuation errors:
3. Introductory Paragraph 5pts:
4. Motor Pathway The summary includes a paragraph that 10 pts:
5. Nerve impulsesNerve signals The summary includes a paragraph that 10 pts:
6. Reach forward for the cookie 5 pts:
7. Grasp the cookie with the fingers and thumb 5 pts:
8. Bring the cookie to the mouth by first turning and then bending the elbow 10pts:
9. Text1:
10. Text2: