High school students in the Hamilton-Halton and surrounding area from grades 9 through 12 are welcome to compete! Students will demonstrate their knowledge about the brain and neuroscience, including fascinating topics involving intelligence, memory, emotions, sensations, movement, stress, aging, sleep, addiction, and more. Participating is a valuable experience that you can add to your resume -- not to mention the possibility of winning prizes and fame!
2012 McMaster Brain Bee:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 1:00 PMHere is the 2012 Brain Bee flyer -- please feel free to share this with teachers, students, friends, and family.
Please note that there are nearby local brain bee competitions held in Waterloo, Guelph, and Toronto. Students may not compete in more than one local brain bee competition, and should choose the competition that is closest geographically to their high school.
Prizes
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will get a trophy plaque engraved with their names to hang on their wall. There will be other 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes -- and every participant will receive a Certificate of Participation from the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University. In addition the 1st place winner will receive: A beautiful traveling trophy plaque engraved with the winner's name, school, and year will be displayed in the trophy case at their school for a year.
The 1st place winner of the local McMaster Brain Bee will represent Hamilton at the Fourth Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee in May 2012, competing for the right to be called the BEST BRAIN in Canada. Graduate students from our department will help the winner prepare for the national event. Additional exciting prizes are awarded at the national competition each year. This 2012 CIHR Canadian Brain Bee champion will win a trip for two to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee competition, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, the week of July 22nd, 2012. |
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