Eleventh Annual Brain Awareness Week at the
National Museum of Health and Medicine
March 15-19, 2010
Photos from Thursday, March 18, 2010
Representatives from the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke teach students from the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C., about why the brain and body need sleep, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Dr. Suzana Petanceska of the National Institute on Aging holds up a model of the brain to teach students from the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C., about the brain and memory, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Candace Corbin from the National Institute of Mental Health discusses optical illusions with students from the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C., during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Archie Fobbs, collections manager of the Neuroanatomical Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C., watches as a student from the Capitol Hill Day School in Washington, D.C., holds a actual brain specimen, during Brain Awareness Week. |
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Students from the Blessed Sacrament School in Washington, D.C., take turns holding a human brain, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Students from the Blessed Sacrament School in Washington, D.C., compete in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Brain Derby, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Students from Suitland High School in Forestville participate in a hands-on activity wearing “Fatal Vision” goggles, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Elizabeth Lockett, collections manager for the Human Developmental Anatomy Center at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, speaks to Blessed Sacrament School students about fetal development, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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