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Grades: K-5th. Tom is bored in class and makes a paper airplane… Should he throw it? Will he throw it? What’s happening inside Tom’s brain?

At Neuro Ninjas, we use an original neuroscience curriculum and a cutting-edge, brain-based robot prototype (SpikerBot by Backyard Brains). SpikerBot connects to an iPad, where kids can add neurons, connect them into circuits (neural networks) and see the resulting robot’s behavior in real time. We learn about parts of our brain that regulate fear, wanting and self-control, and how they work together when we make decisions. We also learn that neurons are key elements in those brain regions and explore how they communicate with each other. We make colorful neurons, and a special brain with clay and resin to take home. We color and play games while learning neuroscience, developing our abstract thinking, solving challenges to design functional neural circuits and growing together.

This is a unique, hands-on opportunity for your child to gain a mechanistic understanding of how the brain works, and why it is sometimes hard to make a choice.

Get to know your own brain and become a Neuro Ninja! Instructor: Lucia Guerri, PhD. 6 classes.

Meet the Instructor:
Lucia Guerri is a PhD biomedical scientist, and LodeLu's founder, curriculum developer and lead educator. Lucia also teaches biology at Oakland Community College, and works with specialized movements with people with Parkinson's. She has rich experience in scientific research, teaching and outreach, in Argentina, France, Germany, and the US (including at the National Institutes of Health). Neuro Ninjas is one of LodeLu's hallmarks. This unique, fun and interactive class will expose students to core concepts on the workings of our brains through hands-on neuroscience and neurorobotics.

Online registration closes at 12 noon two days before the class begins. To register after online registration has closed (depending on class availability), please call 734-994-2300 ext. 0.

Grades

Kindergarten - 5th Grade

Location

LAKEWOOD ROOM 139 - ART at Lakewood Elementary

Instructor

Lucia Guerri, PhD