- Sunday, September 15, 2024
- 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Wean Park, Youngstown, Ohio
Celebrate your amazing brain with us!
OH WOW! hosts a festival focused on hands-on, interactive STEM displays, exhibits, and stage shows!
Addresses a documented need in our community to improve STEM learning among our school-aged population, especially preschool, elementary, and middle school students in the Youngstown, Ohio area.
**Admission Free – No registration required**
Make & Take Handout
Online Tutorials
Get out those pipe cleaners and beads to make a wide variety of neurons! Sometimes the best way to learn about something is to hold it in your hand.
Elementary School (Grades: K-5)
Basic:
Pipe Cleaner
This neuron pipe cleaners of 5 different colors: one color each for the dendrites, cell body, axon, myelin sheath and synaptic terminal. Any colors will do- pick your favorites!
Middle School & High School (Grades: 6-12)
Advanced:
Beady Neuron
Get out those beads + string and make a neuron!
Materials:
- Wire
- 65 beads (4 different colors)
- 42 beads for the dendrites,
- 10 beads for the cell body,
- 12 beads for the axon and
- 1 bead for the synaptic terminal
Advanced:
String Neuron
If you have ever played any “string games,” then this neuron model should be easy for you to make. Follow the steps on this page to make a neuron from string.
Materials:
- A loop of string or yarn (about 3 ft. in length).
Explore our vendor booth:
- Learn: Brain Basics
- Activity: Build Your Own Neuron
- Interactive Station: Experience Brain Breaks
- Take-Aways: Inspiring Coloring Sheets
- Display: "A Kids Book About Brain Health"
