Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
1
Year:
2017
Type of Events Held:
- School Program
Target Audiences:
- Middle school students(6-8)
Approximate Number of People Reached:
30
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
Our goal was to engage middle school students in an after school program with brain-related activities. We did this by exploring neuroanatomy, taste perception, and attention. Undergraduate student volunteers were trained in the different activities and then facilitated the stations while the middle-schoolers rotated through the stations.
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
What other downloadable materials would you like the Foundation to provide?
- Lesson Plans
- Activities/Experiments
Feedback & Keys to Success
How do you feel BAW participation benefited your organization and the local community?
Connected local middle school students to diverse undergraduate students; engaged both undergraduates and middle-schoolers in learning about the the brain and behavior; provided teaching/facilitation experience for undergraduates; connected local teachers to college resources; connected college faculty to local school resources
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