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Session 1. What is the brain?
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Goal of the Presentation
  • Eliminate any false ideas about who can become a scientist (scientists are not all old men with wild hair!)
  • Discover the term neuroscience
  • Understand that the brain is an organ in our body
  • Learn that the brain, spinal cord, and nerves are part of the nervous system
  • Investigate what the brain looks like and why it is “wrinkly”

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Initial Contact Email
​English
​French
​Materials Email
English
French
​Materials Guide
(to attach to email)
English
French

Presentation Files

 (please use the .pptx version unless your class' computer doesn't have powerpoint):

English
2020-2021 Session 1 - Presentation - English.pptx
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2020-2021 Session 1 - Presentation - English.pdf
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French
2020-2021 Session 1 - Presentation - French.pptx
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2020-2021 Session 1 - Presentation - French.pdf
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This presentation includes a video file. If the embedded video doesn't work, here is the video file. Save this on your memory stick with the presentation:

English
Session 1 - Bill Nye - English.avi
File Size: 9069 kb
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French
Session 1 - Bill Nye - French.mp4
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Presenter's Guide

English
2020-2021 Session 1 - Presentation Guide - English.pdf
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French
2020-2021 Session 1 - Presentation Guide - French.pdf
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Volunteer General Guide
English
2020-2021 Volunteer General Guide - English.pdf
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French
2020-2021 Volunteer General Guide - French.pdf
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Session Materials

For the purposes of 2020-2021 year, all sessions are online.
Please be sure to contact brainreach.elementary@gmail.com should you have any questions.
Online
  • ​Powerpoint Presentations and Bill Nye Video (see above; there is also a backup link to the Bill Nye video on the powerpoint)
  • Volunteer General Guide (see above)
  • Animal brain matching activity sheet & answer sheet
  • Summary handout (English or French)
  • ​Human Body Model with two versions (to overcome technical issues): Zygote Body and Healthline
In-Person
All these materials can be picked up from Duff Room A10. You must email brainreach.elementary@gmail.com at least one week before your presentation to arrange a pick-up date and time. Please be sure to sign out your materials and return them within 24hrs of your presentation. Do not prop open the door to Duff A10 when collecting materials.

Draw a scientist activity

When scheduling your first presentation, ask the teacher to have every student in the class draw a picture of a scientist before your first presentation. A more detailed explanation of the activity can be found in the presenter's guide.
For more information see:
The effect of informal and formal interaction between scientists and children at a science camp on their images of scientists.
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