Neuroscience For Kids

Bloomin' Brains Summer Camp
January 31, 2013

Are you a middle school student interested in a summer "deep dive" into neuroscience and botany? Do you know a middle school student who is? If so, then the Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience free summer day camp is for you. This camp is part of my Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The 2013 "Bloomin' Brains" neuroscience summer day camp will be held on the University of Washington campus July 22-26 from 9 am to 3 pm each day. The camp will be supervised by teachers, graduate students, undergraduates and UW faculty. Parents are responsible for providing transportation to and from campus and for providing sack lunches. Campers will have the opportunity to:

• Conduct hands-on science experiments
• Learn about traditional uses of medicinal plants in Native cultures
• Explore the structure and function of the brain
• Visit the Burke Museum, UW Botany Greenhouse, and Medicinal Herb Garden
• Listen to real scientists talk about their careers
• Discover "the art of the brain" by constructing models
• Make a plant extract and tie-dye a shirt
• Research neuroscience at the UW computer lab

For more information about the camp and the application form, please visit the Neuroseeds web site.

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