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Noggin @ Leodis V. McDaniel High School!
February 2, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
WHAT: Noggin visit with students at Leodis V. McDaniel High School
We did it!
Your Inner Worm Bin
“Thank you all for such a wonderful experience! The kids and I had some great conversations today about what they learned and how they’ll apply it to this unit. Appreciate you all and the time you dedicated to McDaniel!”
– Darshanpreet Gill, Biomedical Science Teacher
Great questions!
Can we train our brains to overcome short term heart stopping?
How would giving up fast food affect the microbiome?
How does the hair cell absorb sound?
How long does it take to 3d print a brain?
How does lactose intolerance work?
Why do behaviors get aggressive when someone has dementia?
How does adrenaline keep you from feeling pain?
Why does coffee affect me differently in morning and night when I have ADHD?
When you agree to be an organ donor is that how you got the brains?
Why are the animals brains different colors?
How does diet affect ADHD?
What happens when you get a concussion?
When you go on a roller coaster does your brain slightly concuss when you go upside down?
What do you do as a high schooler to make yourself a more strong candidate for college/medical school?
WHERE: Leodis V. McDaniel High School, 2735 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220
WHEN: Thursday, February 2, 2023, 8:15am – 1:30pm
Contact: Darshanpreet Gill, Biomedical Science Teacher
We’ll meet with 10th, 11th & 12th grade students at this Portland Public school, who are studying the relationship between diet and the gut-brain axis!
They are taking an interdisciplinary approach to this fascinating topic, with collaborative teaching from English, Chemistry and Biomedical Science.
A Portrait of Veronica, Who’s in Control, 2020 by Monica Aissa Martinez
From Darshanpreet Gill, Biomedical Science Teacher:
“I’ll teach students about the digestive system and the brain/gut axis, Karen (a Chemistry teacher) will talk about macromolecules and digestive enzymes, and Nicola (an English teacher) will have them do research and create poster presentations based on their actions plans. The action plans will be where they pick one thing in their diet to change and see how it affects them. The ultimate goal is to have them learn how what we eat affects how we feel. The inspiration for this is all the new research about the mind/gut axis.”
LEARN MORE: The Gut-Brain Axis: Influence of Microbiota on Mood & Mental Health
LEARN MORE: Gut Microbiota for Health: How Can Diet Maintain A Healthy Gut Microbiota?
LEARN MORE: The complexities of the diet-microbiome relationship: advances and perspectives
LEARN MORE: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: From Motility to Mood
Period 5- 8:30am – 9:52am: ~45 juniors and seniors
Period 6- 9:59am -11:21am: ~22 sophomores
Lunch Break – 11:21am-11:54am
Period 7 – 11:59am – 1:21pm
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin
2. Jeff Leake, PSU/NW Noggin
3. Julian Rodriguez, PSU
4. Angela Hendrix, NW Noggin
5. Kristin Preston, PSU
6. Asha Powell-Stormberg, PSU
7. Bradley Marxmiller, PSU/OHSU
8. Allonte Barakat, PSU
9. Josie Borden, PSU/Rosenbaum Scholar
10. Brin Rey, PSU (former McDaniel student!)
11. Juniper Warren, PSU (former McDaniel student!)
