MARSHMALLOWS AND BRAINS AND THE BODY ELECTRIC

Andrew Hamilton School's 3rd and 4th grade students, attend and judge the Neurosince Fair projects.

Kids Judge! has Penn Arts & Sciences undergraduate and graduate students from neuroscience fields design exhibits that demonstrate how the brain and nervous system function. This reversal of roles is designed to make the scientists better communicators and to interest young children in science. Kids Judge! 2023 had the visiting students trying out exhibits like Body Electric, where they see how electrical impulses can control our muscles. In Don't Believe Your Eyes, take-home bouncy balls that looked like eyeballs were used to demonstrate the human eye's blind spot. And Brainapalooza had them dissecting sheep brains.

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