____________________________________________________________
Welcome to the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter.
In this issue:
____________________________________________________________
Neuroscience for Kids had several new additions in May including:
A. May Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter was archived
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news2405.html
B. New Neuroscience in the News
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/inthenews.html
C. More 2020 NeuroCalendars
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurocal.html
__________________________________________________________
The Neuroscience for Kids "Site of the Month" for June is "Artibiotics" at:
Scientific communication takes many forms. One way to get ideas across is through art. In this month's "Site of the Month" titled Artibiotics, Dr Ciléin Kearns takes medical illustration to a very high level. Artibiotics is a collection of bold, colorful cartoons about various medical, health and science topics. Not all of the cartoons are related to neuroscience, but you can find drawings and explanations about headaches, cranioplasty, neck injuries, brain injury, and skull fractures.
__________________________________________________________
The deadlines for two neuroscience-related contests are coming up. First, there is the Society for Neuroscience Brain Awareness Video Contest. Entries are due by midnight, June 10, 2020:
https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/bavc-rules-and-guidelines
Second, the International Neuroethics Society/International Youth Neuroscience Association Neuroethics Essay Contest has an entry deadline of July 10, 2020:
https://www.neuroethicssociety.org/essay-call
Good luck!
__________________________________________________________
A. Dorsey, E.R., Sherer, T., Okun, M.S. and Bloem, B.R., The Rise of Parkinson's Disease, AMERICAN SCIENTIST, May-June, 2020.
B. Koch, C., What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about the Brain, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, June, 2020.
C. Ball, P., Out of His Mind, DISCOVER MAGAZINE, June, 2020.
_________________________________________________________
All of this month's trivia come from the book "Amazing Arachnids"by Jillian Cowles (Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press, 2018.
A. Spiders cannot blink their eyes. Spider eyes are covered by a thin cuticle that protects the eyes from drying out.
B. Some scorpions have light-sensitive cells in their tails.
C. Wolf spiders communicate with each other by making three types of sound: percussion, vibration and stridulation.
D. Some spiders can travel great distances (more than 2,500 feet) away from their burrows but still find their way back home.
E. Hard ticks have a specialized structure on their first pair of legs called a Haller's organ. Haller's organ is used to detect chemicals, temperature and humidity.
_________________________________________________________
Will you be away from school or work and unable to read your e-mail during the summer? Will you be changing e-mail addresses when school starts in August or September? Do you still want to receive the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter? If you will not be able to receive e-mail over the summer or if you will be changing your email address, make sure that you let me know (e-mail: chudler@u.washington.edu) where to send the newsletter. If my e-mail to you bounces back to me because it could not be delivered, your e-mail address will be removed from the mailing list. If this happens to you, just send me an e-mail to resubscribe. Have a good summer!
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
To remove yourself from this mailing list and stop your subscription to
the Neuroscience for Kids Newsletter, send e-mail to Dr. Eric H. Chudler
at: chudler@u.washington.edu
_________________________________________________________
Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter and the "Neuroscience for Kids" web site are always welcome. If there are any special topics that you would like to see on the web site, just let me know.Eric
Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.
(e-mail: chudler@u.washington.edu)
(URL:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html)