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Noggin @ Hosford Middle School!
March 3, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
WHAT: Noggin at Hosford Middle School (Portland Public Schools)
We did it! Learn more at the link.
Brains examining brains
From Science Teacher Jane VanDam: “Thank you, thank you and thank you to you and all of your volunteers! Our Hosford students (and me!) are so lucky to have had you at our school today!”
KGW did a story!
Getting kids excited about neuroscience
WHERE: Hosford Middle School, 2303 SE 28th Pl, Portland, OR 97214
WHEN: Tuesday, March 3, 9:00am – 12:30; meet at the school office
CONTACTS: Amy Slaughter, Assistant Principal, Hosford Middle School; Jane VanDam, Science teacher; Kevin Marquardt, Science teacher
“Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.” –Dorothy Height
Noggin volunteers from Portland State University, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with students in Kevin Marquardt and Jane VanDam’s 6th grade classrooms at Hosford, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain…
1st period is 9:15-10:05 – Marquardt’s 1st period and Van Dam’s 1st period
2nd period is 10:09-10:59 – Van Dam’s 2nd period and Wadnizak’s 8th period
3rd period is 11:03 – 11:53 – Van Dam’s 3rd period and Marquardt’s 3rd period
Hosford offers a Mandarin immersion program!
Here are some neuro-related words in Mandarin…
Brain: 脑 (nǎo)
Neuroscience: 神经科学 (Shénjīng kēxué)
Translation provided by Luyao Wang, undergraduate in Psychology at PSU
There are significant benefits to bilingual education in both children and adults, including evidence of changes in the white matter wiring of linked cortical regions essential for executive function (decision making, working memory, attentional control), and a reduced risk of cognitive decline with age…
LEARN MORE: Bilingual Two-Way Immersion Programs Benefit Academic Achievement
LEARN MORE: Language Experience Changes Language and Cognitive Ability
LEARN MORE: The effects of bilingualism on the white matter structure of the brain
LEARN MORE: Latino Network Learning & Lobes
See what we’ve done at Hosford before!
Honest selves @ Hosford
Brains, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford
High energy Hosford: Tumors, music & drugs!
Email Bill (griesar@pdx.edu), Jeff (jleake@pdx.edu) and Aaron (aaeisen@pdx.edu) for more details…
Committed participants
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
2. Nick Gatlin, PSU/FRINQ Science of Creativity & Learning
3. Chloe Voshell, PSU
4. Fatmah Almoumen, PSU/FRINQ Science of Creativity & Learning
5. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
6. Sorrel Johnson, PSU
7. Cassie James, PSU
8. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
9. Alejandro Rios, PSU
10. Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin/NUNM
11. Frances Lefebvre, PSU/FRINQ Science of Creativity & Learning
12. Cam Howard, PSU