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10th Annual Brain Bee at C.W. Post Seeks Brookville, N.Y. -- Are you smarter than a high school student? In what can be aptly described as putting the brainiest of brains to the test, Long Island high school students are invited to compete in a challenging academic contest that tests their knowledge of the human brain. The 10th annual Long Island University Brain Bee competition will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville. To help challengers prepare for the quiz-show-style competition, three free preparatory workshops, led by C.W. Post Professors Barbara Bauer and Dr. Grace Rossi, will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2009 and Saturday, January 31, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The workshops, which will provide reviews of neuroanatomy and neuroscience facts which form the basis of the Brain Bee questions, have been designed to help familiarize competitors with the format and material to the competition A final practice session will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Eligibility for the competition is straightforward, but not easy: it's open to all high school students who have read "Brain Facts," a 65-page primer on the brain and nervous system. All questions at the Brain Bee come from the book, published by the Society for Neuroscience www.SFN.org and available for download on the Long Island University Brain Bee Web page at www.liu.edu/cwpost/brainbee. Brain Bee finalists will receive trophies and prizes. The winner of the Long Island University Brain Bee and his/her chaperone receive air fare, hotel and meals to the National Brain Bee at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on March 20 and 21, 2009. The National Brain Bee Champion receives $3,000, an all expense-paid trip for two to Chicago, IL to attend the 2009 Society for Neuroscience Convention, October 17-21, an individual trophy, a traveling trophy for his/her high school, and an opportunity to work in the lab of a famous neuroscientist during the summer. There will also be prizes for the second and third place winners. The National and International Brain Bee are part of Brain Awareness Week. Spearheaded by the Dana Alliance, a private philanthropic foundation, and the Society for Neuroscience, its goal is to motivate youth to learn about the brain and pursue careers in biomedical brain research in the war against mental retardation, cerebral palsy, spinal-cord injury and other brain disorders. For more information on the workshops and to sign up for the Long Island University Brain Bee, contact Susan Ansbro at susan.ansbro@liu.edu or visit www.liu.edu/cwpost/brainbee. Examples of Brain Bee Questions are as follows:
Answers to quiz: 1. c, 2. d, 3.b. Posted: November 11, 2008 |
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