Your Sensational Brain
ORGANIZED BY:
The Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (GNOSN)
Event Date + Time:
March 28, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - March 28, 2020 @ 4:30 pm
Event Location:
913 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Venue Name:
Children's Resource Center
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About This Event
Event Description:
The Greater New Orleans Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (GNOSN) is sponsoring a fun event for children to learn about how the brain functions to celebrate Brain Awareness Week.
The activities will include:
– Show and tell of various fixed brains
– Show and tell of brain and neuron models
– Demonstration with brain slices and stained neurons under a microscope
– Demonstration of the knee jerk reflex, with children “behaving like neurons”
– Coloring of brain templates
– Making models of brains and neurons with play-doh
– Showing optical illusions
This event is ideal for children 5-12 years of age
