Soccer Goalie
The a soccer player kicked a soccer ball at the goalie. The goalie recieves this message by using her eyes and sends this stimulus to the brain. The brain then reacts by making the goalie jump and put her hands out to block the goal. This is an example of the nervous system in action.
Touching A Hot Pan
Little Joe touched a hot pan cooking on a 450 degress stove. He had a little tap and the he felt the hurtful heat waves run through his body. Right away his Nervous System reacted. His nervous system sent his brain a messages that this pan was hot and could potentionally hurt Little Joe. As soon as Little Joe recieved this messge his brain sent a message to his hand to quickly remove his hand from the pan. So in the amount of time of 2-3 seconds the nervous system recieved and sent back a message to protect Little Joe from pain.