Getting in contact with schools: the synapsis between students and neuroscientists

P. V. SUBIRADA; A. PALANDRI; G. HERRERA; V. ROZES; M. C. PAZ; G. N. GAZAL; G. DALOISIO; M. P. AVALOS; M. JANDAR; N. DIAZ; G. F. MARTıNEZ; J. MARTıN; M. A. SANCHEZ; V. VAGLIENTI; E. SOTERAS; V. PISANO; A. L. OLIVEROS; M. REMEDI; G. CALFA; C. CONDE; L. SOSA; M. GALIANO; A. GOROSTIZA; P. BARCELONA; M. C. SANCHEZ; N. UNSAIN

Córdoba

Congreso; XXXIII Congress of the Argentine Society for Research in Neuroscience; 2018

Argentine Society for Research in Neuroscience

The brain is our most intriguing organ. An important functionis to detect and interpret events taking place in theenvironment through senses and command a response.How are these processes seen from the eyes of children?As imagination is their powerful tool, we proposed to sail inthe students? sea of marvellous theories. In this journey, weshowed them though games what scientists already know.Framed around Brain Awareness Week 2018, an internationalcampaign to educate general public and to supportbrain investigation, a group of researchers carried out thefourth edition of ?Neuroscience of Senses visits the classroomsof fourth grade.? This project, created and organisedby Nicola´s Unsain, was possible thanks to SAN financial supportthrough its annual call for BAW projects. In addition,Abstracts 31CCT-CONICET Cordoba and the Ministry of Science andTechnology of Cordoba provided school contact, scheduling,and transport. We visited 37 classrooms of 19 schools fromCordoba city and six nearby towns. Before the visit, teachersasked students to draw a neuroscientist, describe them,and write questions they would like to ask. In the visit, wedisplayed an interactive lecture mixed with exciting games.Students participated actively asking questions and discussingconcepts acquired by their own experience. Finally, wetook a microscopic sight of the brain with immunolabeledneurons and compared fixed caw and rat brains; activitiesthat allowed children to discover the role of brain.