Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
3
Year:
2019
Type of Events Held:
- Exhibit
- School Program
Target Audiences:
- High School students(9-12)
- Middle school students(6-8)
Approximate Number of People Reached:
100
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
The main idea behind this initiative was to spread the importance of scientific literacy and education in the modern society, showing neuroscience as a discipline that always accompany and help us in our daily journey. Thus, BAW UNIFESP 2018 offered workshops in “The Sense Organs”, “Gross and Microscopic Brain Anatomy”, “Cognition and Memory” and “How do you Picture to Be Your Brain?” BAW UNIFESP was organized by the Molecular Neurobiology Lab and the Glicobiology Lab; with the support of Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Câmara de Pós-graduação e Pesquisa, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Molecular, Sociedade Brasileira de Neurociências e Comportamento (SBNeC) and Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência (SBPC)
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Advertisements
- Calendar Listings (newspapers, radio, television)
- Emails
- Posters/Flyers
- Website
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:
- Q&A: Answering Your Questions About The Brain
What downloadable materials from the Foundation did you use for your events?
- Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Brain Research Fact Sheets
- BAW Certificate of Participation
- The Five Senses Coloring Sheets
What other downloadable materials would you like the Foundation to provide?
- Activities/Experiments
- New Coloring Sheets
Which BAW graphic materials did you use in publicizing your events?
- BAW Logos
- BAW Facebook Cover Photo
Feedback & Keys to Success
How do you feel BAW participation benefited your organization and the local community?
Families were interested in have more of this activities during the year, some teachers visited just to learn activities for the students
Did/do you like our Facebook page?
Yes
