Saturday, April 3, 2004
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Richardson Lecture Hall D1.502
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

This program will explore the senses. 

TAKS: Objective 1

Speakers

Touch/Pain
Leland Lou, MD
Assoc. Professor of Ansthlgy & Pain Mgnt.

Sound
Paul Blount, PhD
Asst. Professor of Physiology

Sight
Helmut Kramer, PhD
Assoc. Professor of the Center for Basic Neuroscience

Smell & Taste
Michael Dowling, MD, PhD
Asst. Professor of Neurology                                        
        

A continental breakfast and lunch will be served during the program.  A certificate of completion will be provided for purposes of professional development credit. Please check with your school district to determine if credit will be accepted for this event.

Related Links
 
1. Neuroscience for Kids: The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN!! Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system.  http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

2. Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World: New findings help scientists make Sense of our world.  Howard Hughes Medical Institute.  http://www.hhmi.org/senses/

3. NeurOn (Neurolab Online) is a project that invites classrooms around the world to join NASA personnel on the Neurolab mission that conducted brain research to study neurological and behavioral changes in space.  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/

4. Optics for Kids: http://www.optics4kids.org/index.cfm

5. Relief of Pain and Suffering: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/painexhibit/index.html

6. Neurological Eye Simulator: http://cim.ucdavis.edu/Eyes/eyesim.htm

7. Yale University School of Medicine: Cranial Nerves: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/cnerves/contents.htm

8. This site is designed to teach about psychological processes in a rich experiential setting.  At this site, you can learn some amazing things about how the mind works. http://epsych.msstate.edu/#

9. As they are developed we will be listing different resources which you may find useful in exploring neuroscience, and how it relates to 5th through 8th grade learning.  These activities have been developed through collaboration of teachers, neuroscientists at the University of MN, and staff from the Science Museum of MN. http://www2.neuroscience.umn.edu/brainscience/resources.htm

10. At this site you will find information about the programs, activities, and publications of the Dana Foundation and the Dana Alliance, as well the latest news about the brain.  http://www.dana.org/

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