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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Sunnyside!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin @ Sunnyside Environmental School \nWe did it!\n \n\n“Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. My kids immediately started talking to their parents about it at pick-up yesterday. You helped create learning and memories that will last a lifetime. Have a great weekend!” -Jeremy Thomas\, 4th Grade Teacher\, Sunnyside School\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWhy/How do we dream?\nWhy do we stay still when sleeping?\nHow does lucid dreaming happen?\nCan neurons be different sizes?\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\nWhy does the brain exist?\nHow do we learn?\nWhat do different part of the brain do?\nIs the brain one of the most important body parts? Can we live without it?\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 9\, 1:00pm – 3:15pm! \nContacts: Asa Gervich & Jeremy Thomas\, 4th Grade Teachers\, Sunnyside School \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nWe are thrilled to return to Jeremy and Asa’s lively classrooms this fall!  \nFrom 4th grade teacher Jeremy Thomas: “We’re looking forward to our time with you. The kids will have some background on the main parts of the brain\, neurons\, and neuroplasticity by the time you arrive. My class has been talking a lot about neuroplasticity and how we learn/get better at things. Asa and I also tossed around the idea of learning about how a sense of community/belonging supports our brain health (we’ve had a big focus on community and pro-social skills this year ;)” \nAttached is a list of ideas and questions about the brain from my class (sorry\, you might have to zoom in): \n \nJOIN US!\nPlease contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu for to get involved 🙂 \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n4. Allison Ellingson\, OHSU\n5. Ana Borders\, PSU\n6. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n7. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n8. Hana Haley\, PSU\n9. Emma Jerome\, OHSU\n10. Becky Callos\, PSU\n11. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n12. Jasmine Win\, PSU \n \nSee what we’ve done before!\nDo salmon laugh?\n \nWithout my amygdala\, would I get scared?\n \nLearning through mistakes!\n \nHow to visit public schools\n \nThank You Northwest Noggin!\n \nNeurons in Minecraft & More!\n \nA crayon in Homer’s brain\n \nWhat about the glia?
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-sunnyside/
LOCATION:Sunnyside Environmental School\, 3421 SE Salmon St\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Grant!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin visit with students at Grant High School \nWe did it!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Grant High School\, 2245 NE 36th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97212 \nWHEN: Thursday\, October 16\, 8:00am – 12:20pm \nCONTACTS: Keina N. Ga\, Red Cross Club @ Grant; Ms. Sorcinelli\, Anatomy and Physiology; Mr. Burmester\, Biomedical Sciences/Medical Interventions/Red Cross Club Advisor. \n \nOur first visit to the Portland Public School! \nWe are excited  –  even depolarized!  –  to join classrooms at David Douglas to discuss neuroscience research\, examine brains and make art! \n \nWhat are you curious about when it comes to the brain or how it works? \nlike genuinely everything\, but some more specific ones would be how memory works\, why the brain sometimes does stuff that is actively bad for it\, why the brain rationalizes bad ideas. \nInformation on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems\, as well as on reaction time. Also the degradation of neural functioning with age. \nI’m curious if the number of “bumps” on your brain really has to do with intelligence or knowledge.  \nI am curios on how the brain is formed and how our brains differ from others. \nHow our conscious minds differ from our unconscious minds. \nHow we learn things so that they become “muscle memory” \nWhat makes people think differently than each other? \nWhy do humans have like the most complex thoughts. \nI wonder how it works for different people. \nHow do the parts of the brain communicate \nJust how each part does each thing \neverything 😅 \nJOIN US! For more information please contact griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu :) \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n3. Kirby Kahl\, PSU\n4. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n5. Ana Borders\, PSU\n6. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n7. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n8. Calista Lattal\, Grant High School\n9. Matt Lattal\, OHSU\n10. Becky Callos\, PSU\n11. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n12. Chelle Parks\, PSU\n13. Becky Martinez\, PSU\n14. Andi Licht\, PSU\n15. Gabe Guarin\, PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-grant/
LOCATION:Grant High School\, 2245 NE 36th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97212\, United States
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SUMMARY:Noggins in Knappa & Astoria!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Outreach collaboration with TRIO in Astoria area public schools; LEARN MORE ABOUT TRIO: Threshold through TRIO \n \nWHERE: Complimentary housing at The Y Astoria\, 514 12th Street\, Astoria\, OR\, 97103 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, October 21 – Thursday\, October 23\, 2025 (REQUIRED: ARRIVAL TUESDAY; OUTREACH VISITS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 8:00am – 3:00pm) \nCONTACT: Lacey Guest\, TRIO Program Coordinator \n \nLIMITED OPPORTUNITY: Housing and meals provided. \nNoggin volunteers will spend three days visiting public schools with brains and art in Clatsop County this February\, with time to enjoy the dramatic North Coast of Oregon. Participants will stay at the beautiful Y in the heart of historic Astoria\, Oregon\, and enjoy meals from local breweries and restaurants! \n \nTUESDAY\, October 21\nARRIVAL IN ASTORIA \n \nWednesday\, October 22\nKNAPPA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! \n \n \n \n \nWhy do we dream? \nWhy do we lucid dream? \nHow do we receive information? \nWhy do have bad dreams? \nWhy do we Déjà vu? \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWhy is getting 9 hours of sleep important and what affects it? \nWhy do we experience anger if it’s not a constructive emotion? \nWhat influences dreams? \nHow does the brain see? \nHow do nerves communicate with the brain? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHow does paralysis work? \nDoes the brain function at all after the body dies? \nWhat’s a common similarity between psychopaths and their brains? \n \nMORE QUESTIONS FROM KNAPPA:\n1. Why are brains wrinkly? \n2. What is the function of anger? \n3. Why do you study psychology? \n4. How’s trauma/PTSD work? \n5. Why can’t we consciously control body function? \n6. Why/how do some people empathize and others don’t? \n7. Why is the brain centralized? \n8. Why do we experience deja vu? \n9. What’s worst for my brain— phones or TV? \n10. If the brain is so good at learning\, why can’t I learn math? \n \nDREAMS/SLEEP: \n1. Why would I wake up from a dream crying? \n2. Why would I wake up breathing heavily after falling in a dream? \n3. Why don’t I dream at night? \n4. Why is 9 hours of sleep important? \n5. Why do we dream? \n6. Why do we lucid dream? \n7. How would someone who gets full night’s sleep function compared to someone who doesn’t? \n \n \n \nTHANK YOU students\, teachers and staff at Knappa High School! \n \nThursday\, October 23\nASTORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! \n \nASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL \n \n \nQuestions from Astoria High School: \nGENERAL QUESTIONS:\n1. What’s the most popular neuroscience research that’s done in your field? (Addiction research and visual system) \n2. What’s the “Venn diagram” of psychology and neuroscience? How to look at behavior & complete story of behavioral neuroscience? Cognitive neuroscience? Biological psychology? \n3. What does fresh brain smells like? \n4. How does being trans work in the brain? \n5. How does brain a aneurysm happen? \n6. What’s the most important part of the brain? *hard to answer* \n7. How does MS work in the brain? \n8. How does one get brain cancer? \n9. How does addiction work? . \nDREAMS/SLEEP: \n1. Sleep\, modern era\, light\, screen usage\, sunlight\, melatonin overall questions. \n2. How and why do we dream? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nASTORIA MIDDLE SCHOOL \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTHANK YOU students\, teachers and staff at Astoria Public Schools! \n \nLEARN MORE: Threshold through TRIO \nCOMMITTED VOLUNTEERS (FULL)\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Hana Haley\, PSU\n4. Noah Milman\, OHSU\n5. Allison Ellingson\, OHSU\n6. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n7. Nyah Hawley\, PSU\n8. Maddy Wary\, OHSU \nSee what we’ve done in Clatsop County before! \nBrain Cells Dance\n \nPre-K\, Fish and Logger Lobes!\n \nSignal from Noise on the Oregon Coast\n \nViking\, Shark\, Fishermen & Bandit Brains!\n \nClatsop Community Cortex\n\nNorth Coast Noggins: Art\, Alevins & Brains!\n \nAccumbens in Astoria
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LOCATION:Astoria\, Oregon\, Astoria\, OR\, 97103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ King Elementary PDX!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit with K-5 students in Portland Public Schools! \nWe did it!\n \nThank you students\, teachers and staff @ MLK Elementary!!! \nAnd thank you Northwest Noggin volunteers (all of us 💚) \n \n \n \nBill + Team\,\nThank you so much! Your visit is an annual highlight. \nWill you please come back again next year?! \nFrom all of the kids and staff – we appreciate you! \nSincerely\, Teresa Seidel\, Principal\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School \n \n \n \n \n– Is there something in the body that tells the brain about pain?\n– What happens if something passes through your brain: does it still work?\n– What happens to your brain when you die?\n– How does smell work with the brain?\n– Do zombies have brains?\n– Why do they call it the brain?\n– Why is the brain inside your head? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School\, 4906 NE 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97211 \nWHEN: TUESDAY\, October 28 🎃\, 2025\, 8:00am – 2:45pm \nThere will be COFFEE\, DONUTS and PIZZA provided by the school!! \nCONTACT: Teresa Seidel\, Principal\, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School\n \n \n“At Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. School\, we believe in the unlimited potential of everyone in our diverse community.  We believe that a caring well-balanced student will be motivated to become a global citizen who is inspired to take action.” \n \nNoggin volunteers are excited to hear from K-5 students at this Northeast Portland public school in October! We’ll bring some extra noggins for exploring student questions and interests\, and make more pipe cleaner brain cells too. \n \nPlease join us! Email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Vivi Sierra\, PSU\n4. Ana Borders\, PSU\n5. Jessica Vilaysanh\, PSU\n6. Ginger Lee Owens\, PSU\n7. Hana Haley\, PSU\n8. Charlotte Gant\, Clackamas Education Service District\n9. Becky Callos\, PSU\n10. Dasha Gernega\, PSU\n11. Megan Peterson\, PSU\n12. Justin Benner\, PSU\n13. Gabe Guarin\, PSU\n14. Chuck Calderilla\, PSU\n15. E Mondragon-Torres\, PSU \nSee what we’ve done at King in the past! \nNoggin @ King Elementary PDX!\n \nA Hippocampal Halloween\n \nKing Cortex!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-king-elementary-pdx-2/
LOCATION:Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. School\, 4906 NE 6th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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