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"Food for Thought:
Discovering Brain-Body Behavior Relationships"
Hands-on Neuroscience Workshop
2004 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego

WHEN: Saturday, October 23, 2004, 4:00 - 7:00 pm

WHERE: Manchester Grand Hyatt - San Diego MAP
Manchester Ballroom - Salons D, E, G, H & I
One Market Place
San Diego CA 92101
(619) 232-1234

REGISTRATION: Registration is free, but there is limited space. Register online in August on the SfN website.

PRESENTERS: Lorriann Tran, Zita Shiue, Lisa Maeng, Deborah Colbern,* Steven Fluharty and Jonathan Lifshitz.

Mahoney Institute for Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and *National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Partnership.

TARGET GRADE LEVELS: Grades 3 through Undergraduate

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Workshop attendees will learn how to implement a relay-race and role-playing activity that helps describe how signals in the body act on the brain to influence the termination of feeding behavior (i.e., satiety). Video of the activity, as presented to third and fourth grade children at the University of Pennsylvania Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair, will stimulate further discussion on how to maximize learning opportunities and achieve learning objectives while creating activities that model biological systems. Participation in the workshop will introduce the process of creating hands-on activities for grade school children as inquiry-based, authentic learning experiences for neuroscience students at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Food for Thought Presenters at Penn Kids Judge! Fair
(left to right) Zita Shiue, Lisa Maeng, Lorriann Tran, Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD
(not pictured) Steven J. Fluharty, PhD and Deborah L. Colbern, PhD

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

There are two main objectives of the workshop. . .

(1) To demonstrate an inquiry-based activity that introduces how behavior influences the brain and, in return, how the brain influences behavior to maintain homeostatic balance. To illustrate this learning objective, satiety signals that terminate feeding behavior will be the focus of the hands-on activity.

(2) To demonstrate how the process of creating hands-on activities for grade school children can provide authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences for neuroscience students at the undergraduate level.

Learning objectives specific to the “Food for Thought” activity as prepared for third grade students:

(1) Messages (signals) travel between the brain and body via the bloodstream and nerve cells.

(2) Different messages are delivered to particular places in the brain and body depending upon specific physical characteristics such as size, shape and charge.

(3) Messages produced by the body are processed by the brain and influence behavior. In turn, behavior influences processes in the brain and body to help the body maintain the essential requirements for life.

By participating in the workshop activities and discussion, attendees should become aware that:

(1) Developing models of physiological systems can facilitate student understanding of basic physiological processes and stimulate further inquiry about brain-behavior relationships and the systems under study.

(2) Healthy behaviors, disease states, research opportunities and methods can be discussed within the context of these models.

(3) Helping students develop models of physiological systems can help teachers / professors assess what students really understand about basic physiological processes, provide opportunities to clarify poorly understood information, broaden everyone’s arsenal of ways in which various concepts can be explained, and strengthen interpersonal relationships within a variety of learning environments.

Supported by grant#R25-DA13265 from NIDA.

Last Revision: August 6, 2004.
Copyright © 2004, National Kids Judge! Partnership. All rights reserved.
Please address all comments and concerns regarding this site to the KJ! Webmaster.
Funding provided by grant DA-13265 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to BEEMNET, Inc.


	"Food for Thought: Discovering Brain-Body Behavior Relationships" Hands-on Neuroscience Workshop 2004 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego
	WHEN: Saturday, October 23, 2004, 4:00 - 7:00 pm WHERE: Manchester Grand Hyatt - San Diego MAP Manchester Ballroom - Salons D, E, G, H & I One Market Place San Diego CA 92101 (619) 232-1234 REGISTRATION: Registration is free, but there is limited space. Register online in August on the SfN website. PRESENTERS: Lorriann Tran, Zita Shiue, Lisa Maeng, Deborah Colbern,* Steven Fluharty and Jonathan Lifshitz. Mahoney Institute for Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Partnership. TARGET GRADE LEVELS:* Grades 3 through Undergraduate BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Workshop attendees will learn how to implement a relay-race and role-playing activity that helps describe how signals in the body act on the brain to influence the termination of feeding behavior (i.e., satiety). Video of the activity, as presented to third and fourth grade children at the University of Pennsylvania Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair, will stimulate further discussion on how to maximize learning opportunities and achieve learning objectives while creating activities that model biological systems. Participation in the workshop will introduce the process of creating hands-on activities for grade school children as inquiry-based, authentic learning experiences for neuroscience students at the undergraduate and graduate level. (left to right) Zita Shiue, Lisa Maeng, Lorriann Tran, Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD (not pictured) Steven J. Fluharty, PhD and Deborah L. Colbern, PhD LEARNING OBJECTIVES: There are two main objectives of the workshop. . . (1) To demonstrate an inquiry-based activity that introduces how behavior influences the brain and, in return, how the brain influences behavior to maintain homeostatic balance. To illustrate this learning objective, satiety signals that terminate feeding behavior will be the focus of the hands-on activity. (2) To demonstrate how the process of creating hands-on activities for grade school children can provide authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences for neuroscience students at the undergraduate level. Learning objectives specific to the “Food for Thought” activity as prepared for third grade students: (1) Messages (signals) travel between the brain and body via the bloodstream and nerve cells. (2) Different messages are delivered to particular places in the brain and body depending upon specific physical characteristics such as size, shape and charge. (3) Messages produced by the body are processed by the brain and influence behavior. In turn, behavior influences processes in the brain and body to help the body maintain the essential requirements for life. By participating in the workshop activities and discussion, attendees should become aware that: (1) Developing models of physiological systems can facilitate student understanding of basic physiological processes and stimulate further inquiry about brain-behavior relationships and the systems under study. (2) Healthy behaviors, disease states, research opportunities and methods can be discussed within the context of these models. (3) Helping students develop models of physiological systems can help teachers / professors assess what students really understand about basic physiological processes, provide opportunities to clarify poorly understood information, broaden everyone’s arsenal of ways in which various concepts can be explained, and strengthen interpersonal relationships within a variety of learning environments.	X

Last Revision: August 6, 2004. Copyright © 2004, National Kids Judge! Partnership. All rights reserved. Please address all comments and concerns regarding this site to the KJ! Webmaster. Funding provided by grant DA-13265 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to BEEMNET, Inc.