Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
24
Year:
2018
Type of Events Held:
- Conference/Forum
- Lab Tour
- Other
- School Program
- Symposium
- Other: Brain Bee
- Other: Epilepsy Congress
Target Audiences:
- Elementary school students(1-5)
- General Public
- High School students(9-12)
- Middle school students(6-8)
- Other
- University students
- Other: Teachers
Approximate Number of People Reached:
5000 Audiences
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
This year, we celebrated 20th BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK in Eskisehir. We organized several BAW events for different age groups. We targeted children of the play age (ages 5-6), primary school students (ages 10-12), high school students (ages 14-18) and their teachers, medical students from different universities in Turkey and also general public. OUR OBJECTIVIES for BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK are: To motivate students to learn about the brain and even inspire some of them to launch a career in neuroscience. To educate the public about the importance of physical activity, mental exercise, right nutrition, sleep hygiene and social interaction to promote healthy brain aging and to improve life quality for the elderly. The BAW 2018 in Eskişehir-Turkey included six distinct projects: Lab Tours, Brain Bee, Symposium, Conferences, Epilepsy Congress, School Visits. This year, we organized 11th Turkish Brain Bee. This competition coordinated by Prof. Ferhan ESEN. Our BAW program started on March 6, 2018 with lab tours specifically organized for Turkish National Brain Bee competitors. 79 local high school students were participating in Brain Bee. Damla Erdağ from Eskişehir Fatih Anadolu High School won first place. SCHOOL PROGRAMS: We visited of ESOGÜ Preschool, Bahçeşehir College Preschool and Boğaziçi Preschool; Bahçeşehir College Primary School and Middle School in Eskişehir. We also prepared posters, The Brain and Nervous System, and Sense Organs, and we donated these posters to the visited schools.
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Advertisements
- Emails
- Mailings
- Posters/Flyers
- Website
- Social Media
Which of These Publicity Methods Was The Most Successful?
Resources
Of the Dana Foundation publications/resources distributed at your event(s), if any, please indicate the three most popular. Please choose up to three. If "other," please indicate below:
- It’s Mindboggling!
- More Mindbogglers!
- The Mindboggling Workbook
- Other
Other Dana Foundation Materials Distributed:
- Turkish translation of It’s Mindboggling! More Mindbogglers! and Mindboggling Workbook booklets
What downloadable materials from the Foundation did you use for your events?
- Mindboggling Coloring Sheets
Which BAW graphic materials did you use in publicizing your events?
- BAW Flyer
- BAW Logos
- BAW Poster
- BAW Web site banner
- BAW Facebook Cover Photo
Feedback & Keys to Success
How do you feel BAW participation benefited your organization and the local community?
We believe that the making organizations such as BAW are the responsibility of university, especially medical faculty, to the local community. It provides the general public not only to learn the importance of brain health but also advertise the university to community. Turkish National Brain Bee (TNBB) competition has been attracting the attention of local high school students since it was set out.
Please share any suggestions or lessons learned that may help others plan future events:
We may use the advantage of children alertness created by BAW to strengthen their interest to neuroscience. The interactive activities increased the interest of different populations to BAW activities. Lab tours attracted very much attention and all high school students were very glad. Thanking to medical students (BRAIN TEAM-2018) who are involved in these activities, and giving a certificate of attendance that are signed by the Rector of ESOGU and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine, have inspired other students to involve in these activities.
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