When: Sunday March 16th, 2025, 10:00AM-1:00PM
Where: University of Saskatchewan. Room GD04 in the Health Sciences Building, 107 Wiggins Road.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1082459799399?aff=oddtdtcreator
The Saskatchewan Brain Bee will take place on Sunday March 16th at the University of Saskatchewan. The Brain Bee is a competition for high school students, grades 9 through 12. Students study brain and neuroscience research topics including memory, sleep, intelligence, emotion, perception, stress, aging, brain imaging, neurology, neurotransmitters, genetics, brain disease, and more. Contestants access study material (links provided below) and then attend the event and answer questions related to the nervous system and compete against other high school students.
1st place wins $500 and will represent Saskatchewan at the Virtual Canadian National Brain Bee. 2nd place wins $250.
The competition will begin at 10:00AM and depending on the number of participants, may run until approximately 1:00PM.
The event will take place at the University of Saskatchewan in room GD04 in the Health Sciences Building located at 107 Wiggins Road. GD04 is located just inside the north east entrance of the Health Sciences Building (see attached maps).
Study resources for the Saskatchewan Brain Bee:
– Neuroscience Online
– Open Neuroscience Initiative
– Brain Facts 2018 (80 Mb)
– FunctionalNeuroanatomy
