Are you a teacher or
school interested in having a visit? See our flyer.
See the main Society for Neuroscience page for info. on
Brain Awareness Week: http://www.sfn.org/baw/about.cfm
Here's how to participate:
We do most of our visits in March
2008 or following. We will send out an email soliciting teacher
requests for visits in January 2008 and post a form online at this site
that can be used to request a visit. In the meantime, if you are
interested in borrowing teaching materials from the Lending Library at
the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience or download a lesson plan from
this site, please feel free to do so.:
Educators wanting to borrow something
from the Lending
Library contact: Martha
Barker (404-463-9433).
Neuroscience volunteers interested in
visiting schools:
Emory Contact: Kim Maguschak
GSU and Website Contact: Michael Black
For volunteers:
Topic ideas for different levels:
Elementary School Level
Introduction to the Human Brain
Build-a-Neuron
or Build-a-Brain
Color
a brain by function
Comparing
brains from different species
Senses
Middle School Level
The brain on drugs
Comparing
brains from different species
Play
the Brain Game
Senses
Neurotransmitters
Your
research topic
The Split
Brain Experiment
High School Level
Drugs in the brain
Play
Neuro-Jeopardy
Comparative
anatomy
Your
research topic
Sources for great activities:
Neuroscience
for Kids - a comprehensive site with lots of activities for all
ages including many downloadable resources
The
Dana Alliance - pointers on how to interact with kids, fun brain
facts and downloadable activities
Center for
Behavioral Neuroscience - variety of classroom activities
The Brain Museum - comparative anatomy with lots
of detail and great pictures
NIDA - drugs and the
brain for middle and high school
The Society for
Neuroscience BAW Program - activities and tips for taking
neuroscience into the community
Sheep Brain
Dissection Activity - a resource for information on sheep
dissection
"Touch-A-Brain" Activity - human,
monkey, cat, rat, and mouse brains may be available for use on your
school visit if you arrange ahead of time with permission from Kim Maguschak
