Brain Awareness Week is a international
effort put together by Dana Alliance
for Brain Initiatives and The Society
for Neuroscience to promote public awareness about the benefits and
progress of brain research.
Special thanks to the following sponsors:
The Omniplex, Society for Neuroscience, OU Health Sciences Center, The Dana
Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, The Deptartments
of Zoology , Physiology and Cell Biology, as well as Jelly Belly.
Brain Awareness Week at The University
of Oklahoma is March 24-26, 2005.
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The Oklahoma Brain Awareness
Week exhibit is scheduled for March 24- 26, 2005 at the Omniplex Museum.
Exhibits will include a hands on display of real human brains, microscope
displays of neural cells, as well as select games and tests that show
how the nervous system works. We also provided a number of educational
stations to address issues ranging from brain trauma to the effects
of drug abuse on brain function. Each school is encouraged to arrange
through the Omniplex for a class trips to view this exhibit. You can
find more information at their
site and directions to
the Omniplex here.
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The Oklahoma
Chapter of The Society for Neuroscience will be going into middle
schools to encourage and promote learning about the brain though the
help of Brain Awareness Week. The middle school students will have
the chance to build a science fair project that will hopefully spark
their interests. Each middle school will have the opportunity to send
three student science fair projects for exhibition during Brain Awareness
Week at the Omniplex. The project should be a demonstration that is
informative and geared towards understanding any aspect of the nervous
system. The student projects should be selected from a preliminary
Middle Schools Science Fair that follows the rules and guidelines
outlined. Our goal is to encourage active learning about neuroscience
and help students to develop the abilitiy to communicate science-related
information.
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Local organizers of this event include
undergraduate/graduate students from The University of Oklahoma Norman campus
and The Health Science Center. For any questions or further information, please
feel free to contact one of the Science Fair organizers:
President
Dr. Regina M.Sullivan rsullivan@ou.edu
Undergraduate Student Coordinators
Amyie Vuong amyie@ou.edu
Lauren Lunday laurenlunday@ou.edu
Kenneth Pope kpope@ou.edu
If you are
interested in participating in the Science Fair, please complete and submit
a registration
form by March 1, 2005 Registration forms
may be submitted via email or by mail. We are looking forward to your students'
participation.
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Science Fair
Rules
The
project must be presented on a three paneled tri-fold science fair board
(available at Hobby Lobby, Michaels and other craft stores). The area
on the table directly beneath the students' board will be available
for a projects model(s) to be displayed on. The space will be limited
to the depth of the side panels when folded open, the student must keep
this in mind when creating a model for the project. Any models that
violate the space constraints will not be included in the presentation
of the project or judged in the overall project score. Any projects
not submitted by 5pm deadline on March 24th will not be included in
the Science Fair.
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Judging
Criteria
1. Creativity
(25 pts.)
2. Scientific
Thought (40 pts.)
3. Skill
and Thoroughness (10pts.)
4. Clarity
(25 pts.)
5. Oral
Presentation (25 pts.)
Total 125 pts. Max.
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A
Letter to Teachers from Dr.Sullivan
Sign up to Volunteer At
Brain Awareness Week by e-mailing Amyie Vuong at amyie@ou.edu
With What Time & Date
you can work.
-Check Here To See Available
Times To Volunteer-
Or to Check To See What Time You Signed
Up For
An example of
a Student Science Fair Project for Brain Awareness Week
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