Neuroscience For Kids

brain awareness week

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a nationwide effort organized by the Dana Foundation and the Society for Neuroscience to promote the public and personal benefits of brain research. The official week for 2025 BAW is March 10-16, 2025, but any week is a good time to get involved.

The Brain Rocks: A New BAW Activity

To participate, all you have to do is find a rock and paint it with a drawing of a brain or a neuron. It would be great if you could add a few words such as "BAW 2025" or "Brain Awareness Week." Then put your brain rock outside and take a photo of it. Please do not include any people in your photos; just your brain rock.

Upload your photo by clicking on the small + in the circle at the bottom of the Brain Rocks Padlet. Here is an example brain rock:

"A Few Minutes With..." -- Dr. Eric Chudler interviews neuroscientists

More video interviews will be uploaded soon!

BAW Activities on the Neuroscience for Kids Web Site

• BAW Lesson Plan
• Neuroscience Experiments and Activities
• Using the Internet for Brain Awareness Week

• Worksheets, Games, Coloring Book
• BAW Greeting Card
• BAW Bookmark
• Send a BAW "Electronic Postcard"
• Special Brain Poster Set
• Activity-A-Day
• Special BAW Booklet from the UMIST and the University of Manchester.

Scheduled BAW Events Around Seattle, WA

BAW Events Around the USA/World

• Explain the Brain: Websites to Help Scientists Teach Neuroscience to the General Public
• UW Neuroscience Community Outreach
• Dana Foundation BAW
• Society for Neuroscience BAW
• International Brain Bee

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