Getting in contact with schools: the synapsis between students and neuroscientists

SUBIRADA, PAULA V.; PALANDRI, A.; HERRERA, G.; ROZES, V.; PAZ, MARÍA C.; GAZAL, G.N.; DALOISIO, G.; ÁVALOS, M.P.; JANDAR, M.; DÍAZ, N.; MARTÍNEZ, G.; MARTÍN, J.; SÁNCHEZ, M.A.; VAGLIENTI, MARIA V.; SOTERAS, E.; PISANO, V.; OLIVEROS, A.L.; REMEDI, M.; CALFA, G.; CONDE, C.; SOSA, L.; GALIANO, M.; GOROSTIZA, A.; BARCELONA, PABLO F.; SANCHÉZ, MC; UNSAIN, N.

Córdoba

Congreso; XXXIII Congreso Anual de Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias; 2018

SAN- AIVO

The brain is our most intriguing organ. An important function is to detect and interpret events taking place in the environment through senses and command a response. How are these processes seen from the eyes of children? As imagination is their powerful tool, we proposed to sail in the students´ sea of marvellous theories. In this journey, we showed them though games what scientists already know. Framed around Brain Awareness Week 2018, an international campaign to educate general public and to support brain investigation, a group of researchers carried out the fourth edition of ?Neuroscience of Senses visits the classrooms of fourth grade?. This project, created and organised by Nicolás Unsain, was possible thanks to SAN financial support through its annual call for BAW projects. In addition, CCT-CONICET Córdoba and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Córdoba provided school contact, scheduling and transport. We visited 37 classrooms of 19 schools from Córdoba city and six nearby towns. Before the visit, teachers asked students to draw a neuroscientist, describe them and write questions they would like to ask. In the visit, we displayed an interactive lecture mixed with exciting games. Students participated actively asking questions and discussing concepts acquired by their own experience. Finally, we took a microscopic sight of the brain with immunolabeled neurons and compared fixed caw and rat brains; activities that allowed children to discover the role of brain.