[Gifted and Talented] Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC)

[Australian Brain Bee Challenge]

Dear teachers,
 An opportunity for Year 10 students interested in science and neuroscience.
 The Australian Brain Bee Challenge - Registration for 2013 now open
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) is a neuroscience competition that promotes and encourages students to learn about their brain, neuroscience and science research as a career. It is open to all students in Year 10 in 2013. Teachers can register as many or as few of their students as they choose. Round 1 will be held online during Brain Awareness Week- March 11-15, 2013 and the week following March 18-22, 2013.
The Round 1 Questions are from the free, downloadable book- Neuroscience: Science of the Brain. An Introduction for Young Students by The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) and European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB)
Download the Round 1 Book at http://www.bna.org.uk/static/docs/BNA_English.pdf
Up to 150 students that complete Round 1 will be invited to attend Round 2-a State/Territory Final at a university in their capital city. Students can win great prizes including a trip overseas to the International Brain Bee, while schools can win prizes including a state-of-the-art Zeiss microscope for their science laboratory.
The competition is free to enter and registrations are open online until March 8, 2013 at www.abbc.edu.au<http://www.abbc.edu.au/>.
The ABBC is a neuroscience outreach program administered by the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland.
For information, contact:
Australian Brain Bee Challenge
Phone:            07 3346 6412
Email:              abbc at uq.edu.au<mailto:abbc at uq.edu.au>
Web:               www.abbc.edu.au<http://www.abbc.edu.au>

Katherine Wilkins I Australian Brain Bee Challenge National Administrator
Queensland Brain Institute I University of Queensland
Ph: + 61 7 3346 6412  Fax: + 61 7 3346 6301
Email: abbc at uq.edu.au<mailto:abbc at uq.edu.au>  Web: www.abbc.edu.au<http://www.abbc.edu.au>





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