WHAT: Noggin visit to Bridges Middle School

We did it! Learn more at the LINK…

Making our own boxes, and brains!

WHERE: Bridges Middle School, 2510 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97201

WHEN: Thursday, February 14, 2019 (Happy Valentine’s Day!), 9 – 11:00am

Contact: Heather Hofeld, Science Teacher

“The most interesting people you’ll find are ones that don’t fit into your average cardboard box. They’ll make what they need, they’ll make their own boxes” –Dr. Temple Grandin

Bridges is one of the few schools in Oregon devoted to students with learning differences. We’ll meet with students in 5th through 8th grade, discover what they already know about brains, examine brains and make brain-related art…

From Science Teacher Heather Hofeld: “We have a wide range of cognitive ability at Bridges with students performing below grade level and those who could probably handle college course work! We have studied body systems and cells this year with the nervous system taking center stage right now. My students have already learned about the basics of neurons and have created paintings of neurons which are currently up in the hallway…

LEARN MORE: MAKE Brain Map

LEARN MORE: STEAM Projects

“I like the brain mapping activity. We are currently learning about the four major lobes of the brain and then we will investigate some of the substructures. A mapping activity might reinforce what we are doing right now.”

We’ll make two large brain maps on the floor with colored craft paper  –  one a side (lateral) view and one cut right down the middle, front to back (mid-sagittal). We’ll identify the different lobes (which students have been studying) with different colors. And then we’ll use different colored yarn to connect regions that are linked both structurally and functionally into networks.

Image by Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuro Club

From Eric Fezco at OHSU: “What might be interesting is to label the different large scale regions by systems, and then identify which systems may be implicated across ADHD and autism, depending on what might be altered behaviorally. We’ve been working on a study examining this in the context of executive function, so it might be a good fit here.”

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Eric Fezco, OHSU
Michael Deveney, PSU
Andrew Stanley, PSU
Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin