2004-2005 Neuroscience for Kids
Drawing Contest

The 2004-2005 contest is now CLOSED!
Entries must have been received by February 1, 2005.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Neuroscience for Kids drawing contest. The last day to submit the drawings was February 1, 2005.

[Contest Rules]

Students from Guatemala, the Netherlands, India, Canada and the United States (25 different states) entered the contest and 409 drawings were received. All of the drawings were evaluated by Dr. Eric H. Chudler. He selected the finalists in the four age groups (Kindergarten - Grade 2; Grades 3 - 5; Grades 6 - 8; Grades 9 - 12). After the finalists were selected, a panel of judges viewed all of the finalists and voted for the winners.

A few of the winning drawings
K - Grade 2: My brain helps me ________...
Grade 3 - Grade 5: Brain Fitness: I keep my brain healthy by______...
Grade 6 - Grade 8: My brain is like a _______ because _________...
Grade 9 - Grade 12: Brain research is important because________...

Prize Books
Books donated by the
American Academy of Neurology		 Book donated by
Picture Window Books 		Book donated by
Compass Point Books 		Book donated by
The Dana Press		 Book donated by
Capstone Press
(Bridgestone Books)		 Book donated by
Capstone Press
(Pebble Books)
  • 101 Questions Your Brain Has Asked About Itself but Couldn't Answer ... Until Now by Faith Hickman Brynie, Brookfield (CT): The Millbrook Press, 1998, 176 pages, ISBN: 0-7613-0400-2 [Book Review].
  • The Brain Explained by Daniel Drubach, Upper Saddle River (NJ): Prentice Hall, 2000, 168 pages, ISBN: 0137961944 [Book Review].
  • Sound: Loud, Soft, High, and Low by Natalie M. Rosinsky, Minneapolis: Picture Window Books, 2003, 24 pages, ISBN: 1-4048-0016-6W.
  • Sound by Darlene R. Stille, Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2001, 32 pages, ISBN: 0-7576-0092-3.
  • States of Mind: New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are, edited by Roberta Conlan, New York: Dana Press, 1999, 214 pages, ISBN: 0-4712-9963-4 [Book Review].
  • Your Senses by Helen Frost, Mankato (MN): Pebble Books, 2000, 24 pages, ISBN: 0-7368-0387-4.
  • Your Brain by Terri DeGezelle, Mankato (MN): Bridgestone Books, 2002, 24 pages, ISBN: 0-7368-3351.

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