INIMEC - CONICET   05467
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION MEDICA MERCEDES Y MARTIN FERREYRA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
What we learned from "Neuroscience of the Senses" during BAW 2015 in Córdoba Elementary schools.
Autor/es:
D REVILLO; E SIGWALD; L FREITES; A GUZMAN; I ZALOSNIK; P AVALOS; F MIR; A VIVINETO; E COTELLA; V ROZES; AGUSTÍN ANASTASÍA GONZALEZ; P HELGUERA; M BISBAL; NICOLÁS UNSAIN
Lugar:
Mar del Plata
Reunión:
Congreso; XXX Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias; 2015
Institución organizadora:
Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias
Resumen:
Thanks to a grant from the Argentinean Society for Neuroscience Research (SAN) we participated in Brain Awareness Week 2015 with classroom activities in 4th grade. ?Neuroscience of the Senses? explores the function of the brain with respect to the five senses by means of games and hands-on demonstrations. The project started with preparing the materials to take to the classrooms, the instructor ́s manual and contacting recipient schools. 14 instructors were split in couples to reach classrooms of 12 elementary schools imparting more than 30 classes. The instructors were mainly advanced PhD students from the public-outreach group ?Jóvenes Investigadores de Neurociencias?, as well as some investigators from Instituto Ferreyra. Two instructors would arrive at their designated school with a box bearing all necessary materials and equipment for the class, which in some cases included carrying a microscope and a projector. Instructors were previously trained in group sessions with others prospective instructors and the help of a manual that also included a suggested script. The ultimate goal is to build a periodic activity for BAW and to help colleagues to repeat it in their cities. During the poster presentation we are going to share more details of the activity and the wonderful experience of interacting with the most curios creature in our galaxy: 10 years-old kids of H sapiens sapiens. This could not have been done without the help from SAN, INIMEC, SECYT-UNC, CONICET AND JIN.