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Exam Halls - University of Cambridge Admissions Office, New Museums site, Bene't Street, CB2 3PT
Join CamBRAIN volunteers for a fun interactive exhibit promoting awareness of the brain. Activities are aimed at children and young adults (aged 5+ years), but all ages will enjoy interacting with our neuroscience researchers. Through hands-on activities – which will be divided into ‘All about the Brain’ and ‘All about the Neuron’ – visitors will have the chance to learn about the brain at both the structural and the cellular level. We hope to make a long-lasting impression on all our visitors, and ultimately encourage them to pursue an interest in the brain!
You will be able to handle and dismantle life-size brain models into their component parts, explore how all of the different parts connect using a 3D brain app and match the brain to the animal in a game for all ages!
Visitors will also be offered the opportunity to create a model of a neuron using different coloured pipe cleaners and/or Play-Doh.
Once you have made a neuron, see what a real one looks like! Using a microscope connected to a phone, you will be able to view (preprepared) slides that include sections of a human brain. You will also be able to view different brain regions as well as close-up images of individual neurons. Real-life brain scientists will be present to answer any questions and to explain the properties of specific neurons.
Finally, design your own brain hat to take home with you, along with all your brain facts!
