We spent the last two weeks talking brain research and considering deep, challenging questions from 4th graders in Portland Public Schools. LEARN MORE: A crayon in Homer’s brain And the students at Sunnyside Environmental School also made their own brain cells! Teachers Jeremy Thomas and Asa Gervich shared the following…
We love questions! Some of the BEST questions come from students in public schools, who are fascinated by neuroscience research, and eager to share their own thoughts, interests, artwork and ideas about our brains! Wait a minute: just how did that crayon get in?! LEARN MORE: HOMЯ episode, The Simpsons…
Post by Greyson Moore from Portland State University and Aaron Eisen from the National University of Natural Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University As an icy snowstorm blanketed much of North America, including Northwest Oregon, our informed and enthusiastic Noggin volunteers were excited to visit (virtually) the warm Hawaiian…
Post written by New/Mixed media artist Kit S. Carlton. Kit also joined OHSU Behavioral Neuroscientist Sydney Boutros for a collaborative Noggin presentation in October 2019: Memory, Poetry, Brains. Going places! In the first two weeks of February, a team of neuroscientists, students, educators, artists and classrooms of kiddos converged to contemplate…
Post written by Catherine Caine (2015 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year/National Finalist), Bill Griesar – and the amazing 5th graders at Waikiki School! Going places 🌴 As a snowstorm descended on Northwest Oregon, our informed and enthusiastic Noggin volunteers were thrilled to travel (virtually) to the sunny Hawaiian island…
We love visiting biology classrooms at Fort Vancouver High! We’ve enjoyed many welcome opportunities to head north across the mighty Columbia to meet so many thoughtful, engaged and insightful students over the years, and teachers Coreyanne Russell and James Cederstrom are terrific collaborators and valued friends. LEARN MORE: Why do…
NW Noggin is honored to be a Brain Awareness Week partner of the Dana Foundation, a leading philanthropic organization that supports neuroscience research through grants, publications, and educational programs. We share their enthusiasm for active outreach, and their commitment to educating the public about the potential of research. LEARN MORE: The Dana Foundation LEARN MORE: Brain Awareness Week…
Post by Carli Cox, Portland State University Rosenbaum Scholar NogginFest 2021 is here! SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 6-8:30pm We did it!! NogginFest 2021: Threshold Potential! WATCH THE SHOW! Come join us for our annual celebration of art, music, and, of course, brains! This is the largest student-run, accessible,…
“Over the years, I’ve periodically found myself in situations that felt desperate and, in those moments, I’d feel that I needed to make certain things.” — David Wojnarowicz An accelerating global pandemic, a malicious, racist, vote-suppressing, scientifically illiterate and mind-bogglingly incompetent White House and Republican party, worsening economic insecurity, growing…
“…whatever/ returns from oblivion/ returns to find a voice.” ― Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature Community partners Our exuberant NW Noggin outreach volunteers are busy in Portland this fall, enthusiastically working alongside our 2020 Community Partner, p:ear. We helped p:ear plant a vibrant brain garden, examined…