Neuroscience for Kids - Brain Awareness Week (1999)

Brain Awareness Week 1999

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a nationwide effort organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the Society for Neuroscience to promote the public and personal benefits of brain research. The official week for BAW was March 15-21, 1999, but any week is a good time to get involved.

[Go to BAW 2000 Page]

[Pictures From 1999 BAW at the University of Washington]

BAW activities on the Neuroscience for Kids Pages

BAW Lesson Plan
Neuroscience Experiments and Activities
Worksheets, Games, Coloring Book
Using the Internet for Brain Awareness Week

BAW Events Around Seattle, WA
Date	Event
March 1999	Classroom Visits by UW Neuroscientists
March 1999	Neuroscience book displays Seattle Public Library - Broadview Branch Seattle Public Library - Greenwood Branch Barnes and Noble Bookstore - University Village Branch, Seattle
March 16, 1999 7 pm UW Health Sciences Bldg. Room T435	Public Lecture "The Reign of Pain is Mainly in the Brain: the Self-Management of Pain" Samuel F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD Departments of Oral Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington (Open to the Public)
March 17, 1999	BAW Open House University of Washington [1999 BAW Open House]
March 1999	Public Lectures Clover Park High School Auditorium 11023 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Tacoma WA 98499-1391 February 23 - 7:30-9:00 pm - The Brain's Reward System - Dr. Akira Horita March 2 - 7:30-9:00 pm - Marijuana in the Brain - Dr. Roger Roffman March 30 - 7:30-9:00 pm - Alcohol and the Brain - Dr. Dennis Donovan Sponsored by the Addiction and the Brain Program
March 1999	Brain Power Van Visits to Schools Sponsored by the Pacific Science Center and Group Health Cooperative

BAW Events Around the USA/World

Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives BAW Page
- Society for Neuroscience BAW Page
- BAW at Appalachian State University
- BAW at Muskingum College (New Concord, OH)

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