WHAT: Noggin Online with 6th – 8th graders in Portland Public Schools!

We did it! Learn more at the link.

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WHERE: Google Hangout for Creative Science, Portland Public Schools

WHEN: Thursday, May 14 (& 21, 28), 10:00am – 10:45am

CONTACT: Brandan McClain, 6-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies

Get your questions ready! NW Noggin will meet with curious 6th, 7th and 8th graders at Creative Science School, in Portland Public Schools, on three consecutive Thursdays.

We’ll have brains (onscreen), art project ideas for home, and undergraduates and graduate students studying neuroscience! 

We’ll also make brain cells (both neurons and glia) using any materials we have at hand 🙂

The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) @ OHSU is providing art supplies, and the PDX 3D printing Lab printed full-size human brains to offer teachers in Portland Public Schools!

LEARN MORE: How to 3D Print a Brain

LEARN MORE: NW Noggin & PDX3DP Lab: 3D Printing Brain Models for Students in Oregon

Check out these questions from PPS students!

How does the brain react to trauma?
What in our brain makes us bored?
How does our brain know what’s bad for us besides using common sense?
What happens when the fusiform gyrus is damaged?
Is synaesthesia linked to a certain part of the brain?
Where in the brain are memories kept?
How does the brain remember taste? Like when you eat something, how does your brain remember which taste it is?
How do we remember sound?
Why do we sleep and dream?
How does the brain react to addictions?
How much memory does your brain have? “I’ll forget where my phone is, but then I’ll remember some random crap from when I was 6, which isn’t fair because I don’t care about when I was 6.”
Why do some people agree on the same things but disagree on other things?
Is it possible that your brain may interpret colors differently than other people?
What are dreams and why to we have them?
Why are there so many different ways that people cope?
How come one person could like one type of something and not the other type of it?
At what age are our brains fully developed?
Do human brains work like animal brains?
Is tv really bad for your brain? If so, why?
Why do we store lots of memories in our brains?
Why do people like certain music, and what does it say about their personality?
How do dreams work and why are there weird dreams and dreams that make zero sense?

COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Lidia Echeverria-Garcia
4. Kassidy Fitzgerald, PSU
5. Sydney Duran, PSU
6. Heather Hamilton, OHSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
7. Isabella Maranghi, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
8. Arielle Isakharov, OHSU
9. Joey Seuferling, NW Noggin
10. Annabelle Winking, PSU
11. Michael Deveney, PSU
12. Aaron Eisen, NUNM

We’ve visited Creative Science LIVE in the past. Learn more at the links…

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