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NIMH Scientists Help Students Learn About the Brain at NMHM
• Science Update
Each year, NIMH scientists provide middle school students with a hands-on experience in understanding the workings of the brain, as part of a Brain Awareness Week program at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, MD. This video from the 2013 event features interviews with students, Museum and NIMH staffers.
Vinod Charles, Ph.D., NIMH Division of Extramural Activities, explains experiment circuit board to middle school students during this year’s Brain Awareness Week program, March 12, 2014, at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, MD.
Source: National Museum of Health and Medicine
Brain Awareness Week 2014 - scientists talk with students.
Source: National Museum of Health and Medicine
NIMH scientists demonstrate neuronal electrical activity with middle school students.
Source: National Museum of Health and Medicine
For more information about this year’s event at the Museum, see Students Unlock the Mysteries of the Brain with NIH Scientists.