Brigham Young University

We visited 24 different classrooms for an estimated total of 960 students (based off estimates that the teachers gave us before the presentation). This included bringing brains for the students to look at and touch and a PowerPoint Presentation about the brain. We also participated in the Provo Science Palooza at the Provo Rec Center with over a thousand students in attendance. Things that went well: 1. We had a very large number of volunteers. This could be due to the advertising from the newsletter. (Most of the people that signed up came right after the newsletters went out.) 2. The Neuroscience Center was great! They helped us with everything that we needed and were willing to help keep everything organized. 3. We made sure at least one of the people going was trained as a team leader. This helped make sure that the groups knew what they were doing and that everything ran smoothly. 4. We got lots of materials so we had plenty for all of the presentations. Things that we could do better: 1. We could have sent out the presentation slide for the teachers to advertise earlier. Then we needed to follow up with the teachers to make sure they actually did it. 2. With the Provo Science Palooza we could have found a couple of videos for them to show. And given them a couple of extra brains. They said the ones that they had kind of dried out after a while. 3. A lot of the teachers emailed us the day of the presentations wondering if they were still happening. We could have confirmed the presentations the day before.

I think we got a lot of students in the community interested in the brain through this experience. We saw an increase in number from last year’s presentations to this years.