Neuroscience Resources for Kids - Brain Awareness Week (1999)

Brain Awareness Week 1999

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a nationwide effort organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiativesand the Society forNeuroscience to promote the public and personal benefits of brainresearch. The official week for BAW was March 15-21,1999, but any week is a good time to getinvolved.

[Pictures From 1999BAW at the University of Washington]

BAW activities on the Neuroscience for KidsPages
BAWLesson Plan
NeuroscienceExperiments and Activities
Worksheets, Games,Coloring Book

BAW at the Pacific Science Center
SeattleCenter
200 Second Avenue North
Seattle, WA

BAW Events AroundSeattle,WA
Date	Event
March 1999	Classroom Visits by UWNeuroscientists
March 1999	Neuroscience book displays Seattle Public Library - BroadviewBranch Seattle Public Library - Greenwood Branch Barnes and Noble Bookstore - University Village Branch, Seattle
March 15, 1999 10 am to 5 pm
March 16, 1999 7 pm UW Health SciencesBldg. Room T435	Public Lecture "The Reign of Pain is Mainly inthe Brain: the Self-Management of Pain" Samuel F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD Departments of Oral Medicine andPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington (Open to the Public)
March 17, 1999	BAW Open House University ofWashington [1999 BAW OpenHouse]
March 1999	Public Lectures Clover Park High School Auditorium 11023 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Tacoma WA 98499-1391 February 23 - 7:30-9:00 pm - The Brain's Reward System - Dr. AkiraHorita March 2 - 7:30-9:00 pm - Marijuana in the Brain - Dr. RogerRoffman March 30 - 7:30-9:00 pm - Alcohol and the Brain - Dr. DennisDonovan Sponsored by the Addiction and the Brain Program
March 1999	Brain Power Van Visits to Schools Sponsored by the Pacific Science Center and Group HealthCooperative

BAW Events Around the USA/World

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