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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Parkrose!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: NW Noggin at Parkrose High School \nWe did it!! \n \n \nWhat percentage of the brain do we actually understand?\nWhat happens in the brain when you lose memory? \n \n \n \n \nHow do brains develop  –  what makes them change as you grow up?\nWhat causes deja vu? Why do I feel this is familiar but I also know it didn’t happen?\nHow long does it take you to make a really big pipe cleaner cell?\nWhy do our brains like memes so much?\nHow can people hurt people and not care? What’s happening in their brains to make them like that?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Parkrose High School\, 12003 NE Shaver St\, Portland\, OR 97220 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 5\, 2026\, 9:15am – 3:30pm \nCONTACT: Katie Kehoe\, Parkrose High School Teacher | Chemistry\, Anatomy & Physiology\, AVID \nOur second visit to Parkrose! Some details from our first visit HERE. \nStudents will be starting a unit on mental health this same week. \n \nThe school is providing coffee\, breakfast\, lunch and art materials for day of art making\, brain learning and fun. \n \nJOIN US! Please email griesar@pdx.edu and jleake@pdx.edu to learn more. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, PSU/OHSU/NW Noggin\n2. Jeff Leake\, PSU/NW Noggin\n3. Pearl Ton\, PSU\n4. Becky Callos\, PSU\n5. Will Joseph\, OHSU\n6. Berlyn Bankhardt\, PSU\n7. Danica Helms\, PSU\n8. Zulyed Guerra\, PSU\n9. Bee Conn\, PSU\n10. Hayley Kopp\, Evergreen State College\n11. Daisy Graham\, Skidmore College\n12. Kirby Kahl\, OHSU/PSU
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggins-parkrose-2/
LOCATION:Parkrose High School\, 12003 NE Shaver Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97220\, United States
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SUMMARY:Noggin @ Hosford
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin at Hosford Middle School (Portland Public Schools) \nWe did it!!! \n \n \n \n \nWhy does the brain work the way it does?\nWhy is everyone else paralyzed when they sleep but not me?\nWhat causes sleep talking?\nHow did NOGGIN get its name?\nHow does the hippocampus store memory?\nHow does ADHD effect memory?\nHow does the brain do things without thinking?\nWhat is the brain made of?\nWhat happened when you get a concussion?\nWhy do you have to stay awake with a concussion?\nWhat does your brain do when it’s asleep?\nWhy do I have dreams sometimes but not others?\nHow do people lucid 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 \n \n \n \nWHERE: Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR 97214 \nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 10\, 2026\, 9:00am – 1:00pm; meet at the school office \nCONTACTS: Jane VanDam\, Science teacher; Kevin Marquardt\, Science teacher \n \n“Thanks again everyone. As always this was a wonderful experience. The students from past years were crazy excited when they found out you were in the building. You have a lasting impact.”\n– Kevin Marquardt\, Hosford Science\, Portland Public Schools 💚 \n \nWe love Hosford!!\nNoggin volunteers from Portland State University\, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with students in Kevin Marquardt and Jane VanDam’s 6th grade classrooms at Hosford\, introducing them to neuroscience research and art projects related to understanding the brain. \n \nCome join us! Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.com) to get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Becky Callos\, PSU\n4. Berlyn Bankhardt\, PSU\n5. Gabe Guarin\, PSU\n6. Danica Helms\, PSU\n7. Zulyed Guerra\, PSU\n8. Bee Conn\, PSU\n9. Daisy Graham\, Skidmore College \nSee what we’ve done at Hosford before! \nYour Invisible Sixth Sense\n \n\nKGW did a story!\nGetting kids excited about neuroscience\n \nHosford\, Hippocampi & Hope\n \nBrains examining brains\n \nHonest selves @ Hosford\n \nBrains\, Art & Inquiry @ Hosford\n \nHigh energy Hosford: Tumors\, music & drugs!
URL:https://nwnoggin.org/event/noggin-hosford-4/
LOCATION:Hosford Middle School\, 2303 SE 28th Pl\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Noggins @ Ron Russell!
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Noggin visit to Ron Russell Middle School \nWe did it!! \n \n“Thank you all for inspiring our Ron Russell students! You may never know who you sparked today\, but I am confident that you had more impact than can be measured :-)”\n-Brennan Brockbank\, Health & Science Coordinator\, David Douglas School District \n \n \n \nGREAT QUESTIONS!! \nHow do we dream?\nWhat do brains smell like?\nHow are memories stored?\nWhy is it that when we visually perceive something it is actually upside down in our brain?\nWhy do you sleepwalk and sleep talk? \nWhy does the brain look like that?\nWhy can’t you remember when you were a baby?\nWhat happens when you get a brain tumor?\nWhy do you lose brain cells as you get older?\nWhy do animals have brains?\nIf I hold that brain\, will my brain change?\nWhere does the word brain come from?\nWhat causes insomnia?\nWhat causes sleep paralysis?\nWhy do we dream? Do we need to dream? What if I don’t dream?\nWhat makes a brain with ADHD?\nWhere did you get the brains?\nWhy are we afraid of the dark?\nDoes your brain know it’s a brain? \n \n \n \n \n \nWHERE: Ron Russell Middle School\, 3955 SE 112th Ave\, Portland\, OR 97266 \nWHEN: Thursday\, February 26\, 2026\, 8:30am – 3:00pm \nPlease check in at the school office. We’ll meet students in the commons area (cafeteria). \nCONTACT: Brennan Brockbank\, Health & Science Coordinator\, David Douglas School District \n \nNoggin volunteers from Portland State University\, OHSU and other area campuses will meet with 6th and 8th graders in this David Douglas District public middle school\, to explore neuroscience research and make art related to understanding our brains. \n \nThe school is generously providing pipe cleaners (~20/student)\, nitrile gloves (for brain wrangling)\, coffee and LUNCH! \n \nPeriod 1: 8:50 – 10:00\nPeriod 2: 10:15-11:20\nLunch/Break: 11:10 – 1:45 \nPeriod 4: 1:45 – 2:50\nCome join us! Please contact Bill Griesar (griesar@pdx.edu) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.com) to get involved. \nCOMMITTED PARTICIPANTS\n1. Bill Griesar\, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU\n2. Jeff Leake\, NW Noggin/PSU\n3. Danica Helms\, PSU\n4. Bee Conn\, PSU\n5. Zulyed Guerra\, PSU\n6. Hayley Kopp\, Evergreen State College\n7. Maddy Wary\, OHSU\n8. Alicia Bridges\, PSU\n9. Daisy Graham\, PSU\n10. Hannah Whitley\, PSU\n11. Becky Callos\, PSU\n12. Chloe Rice\, OSU\n13.\n14.\n15.
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LOCATION:Ron Russell Middle School\, 3955 SE 112th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97266\, United States
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