K-12 Education

Brain Bee is a brain trivia competition for high-school students, which is held each year in February. Atlanta is one of 36 cities around the world conducting such competitions. Winners from these regional brain bees are eligible to compete in the National Brain Bee at the University of Maryland.

Brain Camp is a summer education program for middle school students to learn about the brain through fun, hands-on activities led by real neuroscientists.

Brain Expo is a fun, interactive, community education program for children and adults that takes place at Zoo Atlanta and features hands-on education stations exploring various topics related to the brain and behavior.

Institute On Neuroscience (ION) @ Yerkes is an eight-week summer program, sponsored by the Neuroscience Initiative at Emory University, Georgia State University, and the Conlee Famiy Supporting Foundation, for high school students who excel in science, as well as for middle school and high school teachers.

Teacher Professional Development Workshop is combined with ION@Yerkes for summer 2012 (see above). This eight-week program enables in-service teachers to gain hands-on laboratory research experience and requires translation to standards-based lesson plans for classroom use.