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Ridge Mall - 1451 Coral Ridge Avenue, Coralville Iowa 52241 Presented by the University of Iowa Neuroscience Graduate Program, the Iowa Children’s Museum, and the Iowa Kids Judge!SM Partnership. Partially funded by grant number R25-DA13265 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the National Kids Judge!SM Neuroscience Fairs Partnership. Please contact Deborah Colbern, Ph.D. for more information regarding the National Kids Judge! Project. |
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Health News Release: Immediate Public invited to Iowa Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair. IOWA CITY, Iowa - Curious how your brain works? Children and adults are invited to investigate the complexities of the brain at the Iowa Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair on Saturday, March 24, at the Iowa Children's Museum located at Coral Ridge Mall. The fair is part of Brain Awareness Week 2001, organized by the University of Iowa Neuroscience Graduate Program, and will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. for the general admission price of $4.50 ($3.50 for seniors over age 60). Hands-on exhibits will allow visitors to create visual illusions in the Art and Design Studio, find out about brain food facts in the City Grocery, get their reflexes checked by a neurologist in the Hospital or play a game in the Theater. Additional activities, demonstrations and visual displays will help people learn about neuroscience. Students in the UI Neuroscience Graduate Program and other individuals have designed the fair's exhibits, which aim to convey fundamental concepts about the brain, such as learning, memory, vision and anatomy, said Sarah Berke, a student in the UI Neuroscience Graduate Program and co-chair of the UI Brain Awareness Week Committee. "Numerous individuals and area business have collaborated to make the fair a huge success and fun time for all involved," Berke said. "To mention a few, Iowa City City High School students will decorate the museum in 'brainy attire,' the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers are developing a puzzle to teach children about the functions of different brain regions, and volunteers from UI Health Care and various UI graduate programs will present exhibits." | TOP OF PAGE | TOP OF LISTING | NEXT LISTING | Nearly 350 fifth-grade students from area schools will be the first to try out the exhibits as they take part in the Iowa Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair on March 20 and 21. For these students from Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Muscatine, Olin, Vinton, Wellman and West Liberty, the event will be structured like a traditional science fair but this time the children get to judge and select the winning exhibits. A virtual version of the fair will ultimately be available online at www.kidsjudge.org. In addition to providing grade-school students with a closer look at neuroscience research, the local fair is part of a national project investigating the best ways to introduce kids to and teach them about science. The Iowa fair is organized in collaboration with the National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs Partnership and funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The National Kids Judge! Partnership is directed by Deborah Colbern, Ph.D., president and scientific director of BEEMNET (www.beemnet.com), Brain-Exchange Electronic Mentorship Network. Based in Venice, California, the company links practicing neuroscientists with children to promote education about the brain and nervous system and neuroscience research. In addition to the groups described by Berke as providing exhibits or assistance at the Iowa Kids Judge! Fair, organizations helping with the event include the Iowa Children's Museum, EMPI, Inc., Brain Awareness Week Partners in Education, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and numerous area businesses that will be recognized at the fair. The event is one of many activities planned by the UI Neuroscience Graduate Program in observation of Brain Awareness Week. Other activities will include a poster session by UI neuroscientists on Thursday, March 22, and a public lecture at 6 p.m. that day by Anthony Movshon, Ph.D., from the Center for Neural Science at New York University, in the Seebohm Conference Room, 283 Eckstein Medical Research Building. | TOP OF PAGE | TOP OF LISTING | NEXT LISTING | The Brain Awareness Week campaign was launched in 1996 by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to promote public awareness of the accomplishments, benefits and promise of brain research. The event is now celebrated worldwide and involves a coalition of more than 1,200 science, advocacy and other health organizations.
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IOWA KIDS JUDGE! NEUROSCIENCE FAIR - SCHOOL EVENT Start
date & time: 03/20/2001 at 09:30 am Description: The
roles are reversed! At this science fair, it's the children who
will decide which adults have prepared the best exhibits. Students
in the University of Iowa Neuroscience Graduate Program have
designed demonstrations and activities to convey fundamental
concepts about the brain, such as learning and memory, vision
and anatomy. Clipboards in hand, 350 fifth-grade students from
nine schools in Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Muscatine, Olin, Vinton,
Wellman, and West Liberty - will judge who the winners are! Four
groups of approximately 90 kids each are on judging duty from
9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. or 12 noon until 2 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday.
Pizza and free exploration of The Iowa Children's Museum will
round out the day. The Iowa Kids Judge! Fair is organized in
collaboration with the National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs
Partnership and funded by a grant from the National Institute
on Drug Abuse. Academic Research Center? Yes Contact
Names and Information: Website: http://kidsjudge.org | TOP OF PAGE | CONTACTS | SCHOOL EVENT LISTING | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS RELEASE | IOWA KIDS JUDGE! NEUROSCIENCE FAIR - PUBLIC EVENT Start
date & time: 03/24/2001 at 10:00 am Description: The
public is invited to investigate the complexities of the brain
on the final day of the Iowa Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair at
the Iowa Children's Museum. Students in the University of Iowa
Neuroscience Graduate Program have filled the day - and the museum
- with an abundance of hands-on activities that demonstrate how
the brain works. Scientists from throughout the University of
Iowa neuroscience community will present the exhibits; kids in
the crowd will vote for their favorites. Neuroscience demonstrations
and activities will be related to various themes and "pretend" places
that already exist at the museum. Learn about visual illusions
in the Art and Design Studio; find out about brain food facts
in the Grocery Store. With all these neuroscientists on hand
- and kids ready to soak up the information - it's sure to be
a brainy day! The Iowa Kids Judge! Fair is organized in collaboration
with the National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs Partnership
and funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Academic Research Center? Yes Contact
Names and Information: Website: http://kidsjudge.org | TOP OF PAGE | SCHOOL EVENT LISTING | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS RELEASE | |
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