Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair

Elementary school pupils are accustomed to having their work graded by teachers, but at a Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair, it's the kids who get to evaluate and pass judgment on science projects put together by grownups. The National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair Partnership is an education program designed to make scientists better communicators and elementary-school children better scientists. Universities and other institutions across the country organize and host this unique twist on the traditional science fair.

The University of Pennsylvania hosted its first Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair in March 2004. For each fair, the University plays host to children from local elementary schools. Biological Basis of Behavior majors conceive and build hands-on, fun-filled learning stations that draw the kid judges into activities that teach them how the brain and nervous system work. Watch a video of the 2007 Fair.

The Penn Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair is sponsored by the Biological Basis of Behavior Program, the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Science, Access Science, the Center for Community Partnerships, the Provost's Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund and the National Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fairs Partnership.

For more information on the Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair:
http://kidsjudge.org/penn/
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/mind_games.html

For more information, contact
Beatrice Reid
reid@psych.upenn.edu
215-573-3163

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