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Get Ready for Brain Awareness Week

  • Published15 Jan 2019
  • Reviewed15 Jan 2019
  • Author Kristina Reznikov
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

Every year, BrainFacts.org publishes new classroom resources for educators to utilize during Brain Awareness Week (BAW). This year, BAW takes place from March 11 through March 17. Are you ready to teach about the brain?

Use the interactive image below to explore some of our favorite classroom and Brain Awareness Week resources to help you prepare your own brain celebration. Also, check out our Find a Neuroscientist program and ask a local volunteer member of the Society for Neuroscience to visit your classroom.

About the Author

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Kristina Reznikov

Kristina is the former web communications specialist for BrainFacts.org. She formerly worked as the publications director for a legal publications company in Washington, DC. 

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