Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
7
Year:
2017
Type of Events Held:
- Other
- School Program
- Other: trivia night
Target Audiences:
- Elementary school students(1-5)
- General Public
- High School students(9-12)
- Middle school students(6-8)
Approximate Number of People Reached:
600
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
-Pi day – local high school held event for all of S.T.E.M., booth set up to display brain related activities and information – general public and families part of the Lakota school district -Trivia night – held for general public, included activities about the brain, trivia question rounds and prizes relating to the brain/neuroscience. -School presentations at Mt. Healthy junior senior high school – for 7th grade and senior students, brief presentation about the brain, our personal areas of research, also included some hands on activities about the brain -School days at Freedom Elementary – each day we spent with 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade students – held stations where kids could participate in hands on activities that helped them learn more about the brain and neuroscience.
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Calendar Listings (newspapers, radio, television)
- Emails
- Posters/Flyers
- 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:
- BAW Stickers
- BAW Pencils and Erasers
- The Mindboggling Workbook
Feedback & Keys to Success
Did/do you like our Facebook page?
Yes
