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The Brain Awareness
Week (BAW) program in Minnesota is truly a statewide effort! The University
of Minnesota Twin Cities focuses its efforts on the elementary schools
in the 7-County metro area. Each year, different school districts are
targeted. Check out School Schedule to see when the BAW program
will be coming to your school district.
The University of Minnesota
Duluth School of Medicine focuses its BAW efforts in Duluth and surrounding
communities. Check out http://penguin.d.umn.edu/BAW/default.asp
for more information.
Each BAW presentation
lasts about one hour and is filled with:
- "Hands on"
demonstrations that highlight brain anatomy, function and how
the nervous system works.
- Activities
to demonstrate vision, reflexes, perception and memory
- Making "Brain
Caps"
- Comparison
of different types of animal brains
- The chance
to see and touch a real human brain and spinal cord!
- At the end
of the presentation, each teacher is given suitable reading material
for his/her classroom libraries as well as web resources where
more information and activities can be accessed.
- Students
are given their own "Brian Cap", blind-spot bookmark and the ever-popular
"Brain-on-a-Stick" pencil and eraser set.
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