Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
1
Year:
2016
Type of Events Held:
- Open House
Target Audiences:
- Elementary school students(1-5)
- General Public
- Middle school students(6-8)
- Patients & Caregivers
Approximate Number of People Reached:
800
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
University of Washington Brain Awareness Week Open House: On March 17, 2016, approximately 800 students in grades 2-9 attended the University of Washington Brain Awareness Week Open House in the ballrooms of the Husky Union Building. As in past years, students started the Open House with a multimedia “Brain Assembly” with Dr. Eric Chudler. The students learned about neurotransmission, compared the brains of different animals and played with some visual illusions. Students then visited exhibits set up by University of Washington departments and other organizations. The Neuroscience Community Outreach Program had exhibits to test the senses and materials to build neuron models. The DO-IT program, UW Department of Otolaryngology, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, Epilepsy Foundation Northwest, Seattle Hydrocephalus Support Group, UW Department of Biological Structure, UW Department of Psychology, UW Nursing School, Pacific Science Center, and Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience all provided exhibits.
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Emails
- 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:
- Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Brain Research
- It’s Mindboggling!
- More Mindbogglers!
- BAW Pencils and Erasers
- The Mindboggling Workbook
Which BAW graphic materials did you use in publicizing your events?
- BAW Logos
Feedback & Keys to Success
How do you feel BAW participation benefited your organization and the local community?
The local neuroscience community was able to focus their outreach efforts around a single events. Schools also were able to organize activities to coincide with brain research.
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