NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research: K-12 Education

K-12 Education

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The Blueprint and K-12 Education

To ensure that the U.S. remains competitive in the global marketplace, our grade schools need to foster knowledge and skills in science. Investments in neuroscience education are especially important given:

The role of neuroscience in health and disease
The potential to apply the science of learning in classrooms
Natural curiosity about ourselves and our minds

The Blueprint funds efforts to develop new approaches to teaching neuroscience through K-12 instruction and through less traditional means, such as museum exhibits and web-based platforms. For more information, please see:

Report from the 2008 Blueprint K-12 Education workshop

Announcements

Blueprint and NCRR bring more neuroscience to K-12 classrooms
Help us bring cool experiments into the classroom so everyone can enjoy doing science! Join the NIH K–12 LAB Challenge at http://LAB.challenge.gov.
SBIR Grants for Innovative Neuroscience K-12 Education

Education Projects funded through the Blueprint and Blueprint-affiliated programs

Title	PI	Institution
Backyard Brains: Bringing Neurophysiology Into Secondary Schools	Timothy Marzullo	Backyard Brains, Inc.
The Big Sky Brain Project	Michael Kavanaugh	University of Montana
How Do I Learn: Neurosciences Advances Inform Learning	Susanna Cunningham	University of Washington
iNeuron: A contemporary platform for neuroscience education	Martin Michalowski	Adventium Enterprises
The Learning Brain - Interactive Inquiry for Teachers and Students	Nancy Moreno	Baylor College of Medicine
Neuroscience Activities for Hands-on Learning	Dina Markowitz	University of Rochester
Neuroscience in Your World: A Partnership for Neuroscience Education Across the K-12 Spectrum	Steve Snyder	The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
The Neuroscience of Our Senses	Louisa Stark	University of Utah
Science Take-Out Kits for Neurobiology Education	Susan Holt	Science Take-Out, LLC
Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience	Eric Chudler	University of Washington
Stimulating Young Neuroscientists And Physiologists in Science Education (S.Y.N.A.)	Jared Jackson	IS3D, LLC
Virtual Clinical Trials: Advances in Neuroscience	Leslie Miller	William Marsh Rice University