Brain Bee Class

During the Fall of 2012 and into the winter of 2013, medical and graduate students from SUNY Upstate Medical University will teach an introductory neuroscience course for high school students, share their knowledge and excitement about the brain, and prepare high school students for the Brain Bee.  The course will cover the material from the Brain Facts book.

The powerpoint slides and study materials for the class can be found here:
Brain Bee Lecture Materials


Here is the schedule for the course:

Session	Date	Time	Location	Topic
1	10/20/12	3pm-5pm	Campus Activities Building (CAB) East Lounge	Course Introduction/The Neuron/Basic Neuroanatomy and Brain Development
2	10/27/12	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Vision/Hearing/Taste/Smell
3	11/03/12	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Touch/Pain/Learning/Memory/Language
4	11/10/12	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Stress/Aging/Movement/Sleep
5	11/17/12	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Review and Brain Bee Style Questions
6	12/01/12	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorders: Stroke/Brain Tumors/Neurological Trauma
7	12/08/12	3pm-5pm	TBD	Neurological Disorders: Autism, Down's Syndrome, Tourette's Syndrome, ADHD, Dyslexia
8	12/15/12	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorders: Anxiety Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression
9	01/05/13	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorders: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's
10	01/12/13	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorders: Addiction, Pain, Seizures, Epilepsy
11	01/19/13	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorders: Neuroimaging and genetic diagnosis, Potential therapies, and Neuroethics
12	01/26/13	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorders: Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurological AIDS
13	02/02/13	3pm-5pm	CAB East Lounge	Neurological Disorder Review

The classes will be held in SUNY Upstates Campus Activities Building (CAB) East Lounge. Directions

If you are a STEP student interested in participating in the Brain Bee Class, please contact Ms. Tanaya Thomas-Edwards, STEP Coordinator, at: tgthomas@syr.edu or 315-443-9171. For further information about the class, you can contact Solomon Bisangwa at: syracusebrainbee@gmail.com. 

For more information about the Brain Bee:
http://www.internationalbrainbee.com/about_bee.html