Eleventh Annual Brain Awareness Week at the
National Museum of Health and Medicine
March 15-19, 2010
Photos from Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Representatives from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke teach students from Concordia Lutheran School in Hyattsville about the importance of sleep and its relation to brain functions, 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 teaches students from Concordia Lutheran School in Hyattsville about what causes memory loss, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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A Concordia Lutheran School student participates in a hands-on demonstration given by the National Institute on Mental Health about how the mind plays tricks with images, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Students from the Bridges Academy in Washington, D.C., huddle up while competing 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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A student from the Bridges Academy in Washington, D.C., navigates an obstacle course while wearing “Fatal Vision” prism goggles, which distort the wearer’s vision and allow them to feel the effects of alcohol intoxication, in a station managed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C.
Students from the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital take part 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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Archie Fobbs, collections manager in the Neuroanatomical Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C., watches as a Bridges Academy student holds one of the museum’s actual brain specimens during Brain Awareness Week. |
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