Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Every March, partners host imaginative activities in their communities that share the wonders of the brain and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives.
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is facilitated by UF graduate and undergraduate students who belong to the North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. Throughout the week, chapter members visit public and private schools leading interactive games and hands-on demonstrations.
Coordinated by the Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that supports brain research, Brain Awareness Week is celebrated in March by more than 5,600 partners in 120 countries. The goal of Brain Awareness Week is to raise public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.
BAW 2021
Brain Awareness Week this year will be held the week of March 15-19th and through an entirely virtual format. We will be working with the Alachua county school system. We invite undergraduate, graduate, and post-doc students at UF to zoom in with the participating classrooms and lead fun, interactive lessons and activities. The lessons we have planned will incorporate age-appropriate brain information with an accompanying activity. These include making a pipe cleaner neuron or brain hat for the younger students, 5 brain tricks and the 5 senses, and a neuroanatomy activity for the older students.
We are also teaming up with the UF BRAIN Center this year to promote brain safety and the importance of wearing a helmet. The UF BRAIN Center has donated helmets for give-aways as part of the UF Helmet Safety Initiative.
The flyer below includes the link to the google form that interested volunteers will submit: https://forms.gle/wAnRGwrPHGnukFnG8
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BAW Week 2021 Helmet Winners
This year, Brain Awareness Week was held March 15-19th through an entirely virtual format. Working with the Alachua County school system, lessons…
Volunteer for Brain Awareness Week!
Please consider getting involved. Faculty, staff, post-docs and undergrad, graduate and dual-enrollment students are welcome to join!
NCF SfN 11th Annual Conference
Meeting link for 2/19/21:https://ufl.zoom.us/j/98937911002?pwd=ZTRIQ05NVWhqSTIwKzdaWUxQRy84dz09 Password: SFN2021 Meeting Schedule: 10:45am …
