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"Giving Thanks to NW Noggin." by New York Daily Times. :)

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We thank you for you having us kids/ teenagers, including adult(s) over to teach us about our brains today and letting us feel the textures of the brain and skull and helping us understand more of what is inside of our brain, also that you have helped us understand the more parts of the brain. We graciously thank you.

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I learned a lot of stuff about sleeping. Things like why sleep is needed and what it does to make you feel refreshed in the morning. I also learned that when you when your a teenager your sleep schedule naturally becomes later but fixes when your an adult

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We appreciate you taking your time to volunteer! I learned very cool things about the brain and dreams.

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2 layers protect the brain, muscle can also hide a lot of the actual skull of an animal, you'd be surprised.

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I learned that the brain actually decomposes faster than a lot of other parts of the body, I also learned how blood vessels in your brain makes imprints on your skull.

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I learned that we are paralyzed during sleep and that alcohol slows our neurons down.

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I learned neurons aren’t connected to each other. I also learned that bill is making robotic legs.

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I learned that trauma creates a loop in a certain area of your brain. thank you for letting us hold brains.

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I learned that when you’re sleeping you become paralyzed but you can become sleeping and still mobile which can be very dangerous.

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That a cougars head is mostly made of muscles than skull.

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This was super cool and it was very cool doing all of these things.

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WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT

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The top of the brain is where you do actions

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i was absent for this but i really wanted to come. super cool students got this experience! i didn’t learn anything because i was absent but i’d love to in the future

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I learned that alcohol slows down the neurons in our brain. I also learned that the neurons are not connected

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I learned a lot about brains and it was very interesting to learn on how it works. I’m very glad that I came to school yesterday

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I learned a lot about neurons I had no idea that they had an apex. Thank you so much

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Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to come hang out with us and teach us so much! We very much appreciate it!!

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i had so much fun learning new stuff about brains

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I learned about how there are so many different fields of study in psychology and neuroscience, and how it is just experimenting to find what you want to specialize in.

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I learned so much from this experience and i loved holding the brain it was so cool but it smelled stinky. Thank you so much for your time!

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I learned about how the neurons connect to other, also it how you lose the neurons when older.

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I learned that we wake up too early for school and it affects how we learn at school. Thank you NW Noggin for coming!

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I learned that we wake up too early for school and it affects how we learn at school. Thank you NW Noggin for coming!

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Thank you for your time and for explaining how different parts of the brain works! I hope you're able to visit again sometime!

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I learned how drugs impact your brain. Thank you so much for for coming to our school

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i learned that dreams are to clear out random things that might be in the back of your mind and that if you don’t have them you might have better memory than others. thank you for coming to our school and teaching us new things!

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I learned how brain became in diferentes parts. How awesome can be just one part of the body.
Thanks you so much to take your time and came to visit us

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Check out this post from NW Noggin' at Fort yesterday!

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Check out this post from NW Noggin' at Fort yesterday!

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https://nwnoggin.org/2022/03/03/tired-trappers-at-fort/

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LEARN MORE: Hands on Brains!
THIS week a literal atmospheric river of Northwest rain led us to plan to station our volunteers, noggins and art under a generous outdoor tent at Fort Vancouver!

And of course a continued risk from coronavirus, including delta and omicron variants, has kept us out of the crammed Vancouver Public School classrooms that we LOVE. We'll get back there eventually, but when science (not just politics) determines it's safe.

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But there's great value in changing expectations, in leaving classrooms and offering brains, art and volunteers in novel places, and despite some occasional showers, we had an outdoor blast with students at Fort Vancouver High School - the home of Trappers!

Home of the (Tired) Trappers!

We love visiting students at Fort, and have collaborated many times over the years with their amazing Biology teachers Coreyanne Russell and James Cederstrom.

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Our accomplished outreach participants began arriving about a half hour after sunrise.

Kass Fitzgerald, Theresa Vu, Alex Phanphackdy, Alex Heinrich and Tira Gaston from Portland State University , Ben Bolen from PSU and the PSU Neuroscience Club , Darrin Lane from Oregon State University , and Denesa Lockwood from Oregon Health & Science University set up under the big tent at Fort to talk research and make more art.

Fort Vancouver starts too early for healthy brains

"The first two hours of the school day are a waste - my brain is literally a blank."
-10th grader at Fort Vancouver High School
Fort classes STILL (after all these years) begin ridiculously early, at 7:25am - much too early, according to neuroscientists, for the healthy development of adolescent and young adult brains. The research on this is exceedingly clear.

"Sleep-wake schedules set by school do not fit with biological circadian and homeostatic processes regulating adolescent sleep patterns. Consequently, several aspects of quality of life and education of teenage students are compromised. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that middle and high schools should begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. to adequately satisfy the sleep needs of students."
-Later School Start Time: The Impact of Sleep on Academic Performance and Health in the Adolescent Population
Teachers and students reported four separate fights in school yesterday - events less likely to occur if school started later, and students enjoyed healthier amounts of sleep.

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Daylight "Savings" makes it worse
The situation will only worsen next week, on Sunday, March 13, when the Pacific Northwest joins most of the country in shifting to "Daylight Savings Time," which saves zero daylight, but does force us all to wake up an hour earlier in the dark.

The switch to Daylight Savings, supported by golf and other business lobbyists, kills people, drives up rates of mental illness, worsens school attendance, and increases the prevalence of heart disease and stroke. If we follow the science, permanent standard time is the way to go.

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ACT: SAVE STANDARD TIME

Thankfully, Coreyanne and James provided an adenosine receptor antagonist (that would be the caffeine in their welcome hot coffee) and snacks to fuel our morning volunteers!

(These are not the snacks!)

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And despite the early (too early!) start, Fort students asked utterly AMAZING questions, shared terrific stories, crafted beautiful brain cells and offered tremendous hope for all they contribute to and discover themselves!
Brain Wrangling

Pipe cleaner Neurons!

MAKE YOUR OWN: Pipe Cleaner Neurons & More!

Questions

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So many thanks to our intrepid, early morning outreach volunteers, and to the curious, thoughtful, sleep-deprived students, teachers and staff at Fort Vancouver High School!

NEXT FOR NOGGIN: WE'RE HEADING TO LONDON!!!!!!

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LEARN MORE: Hands on Brains! THIS week a literal atmospheric river of Northwest rain led us to plan to station our volunteers, noggins and art under a generous outdoor tent at Fort Vancouver! And of course a continued risk from coronavirus, including delta and omicron variants, has kept us out of the crammed Vancouver Public School classrooms that we LOVE.