2024 ALABAMA BRAIN BEE |
Scheduled for: March 2024 The Alabama Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for high school students held annually in conjunction with the UAB Neuroscience Day, an event to promote neuroscience education and awareness. The International Brain Bee was founded by Dr. Norbert Myslinski in 1999 to "[motivate] our youth to learn more about the brain... We need their energy and their passion to help find cures for Autism, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, spinal cord injury and other brain disorders." For the 2021 Alabama Brain Bee, due to COVID-19, it will be an online virtual event and a webcam will be required of participants in order to take part. All Alabama high school students are eligible to participate and the competition is free of charge.
Normally, this esteemed competition sponsored by the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is a full day complete with neuroscience lectures, dissections, a campus tour, and much more! Students truly immerse themselves in the many fascinating and unknown aspects of the brain and nerve tissue which prompt them to dig deeper into one the human body's greatest mysteries. |
Resources to Download!Questions on the exam will come from these sources!
Neuroscience - Science of the Brain drive.google.com/open?id=0B7xX0W9OqSroX29hZXVWS2xBOGM Brain Facts 2012 drive.google.com/file/d/0B7xX0W9OqSrobmVvRTlFUU1QaWc/view?usp=sharing If you ever get tired of reading Brain Facts 2012, don't worry! The audiobook, divided into chapters, are available on Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/user-913606992/sets/the-brain-facts-book-eighth If you need additional help and resources please free to contact Puja Chopade (Alabama Brain Bee Champion '21 '22) |
Format
Traditionally, the local competitions consist of multiple choice and oral components. The national competition consists of neuroanatomical practicals, neurohistological slide readings, patient diagnosis, and MRI reading components. The champion from the local level earns the opportunity to represent their region at the National level – and, perhaps, the International level. Past International Brain Bee winners have gone on to work with top researchers and neuroscientists.
https://www.uab.edu/brainbee/ PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REGISTER AT THE ABOVE WEBSITE!^^ |