I spent several years working in a neuroscience lab at Harvard University. We studied the developing brain, which meant that a lot of our participants were adolescents. To build stronger relationships with local schools, I worked with colleagues to create an educational initiative to give students a behind-the-scenes look at how our science works.
What Students Said
We brought hundreds of students through the lab where they were able to brush up their research skills, take selfies with real brains, and even see their teachers’ brains thanks to our MRI machine. Many of the teachers that we worked with shared that this was the only exposure that their students had to scientists, but the most telling part of the experience was what students — in particular girls and students of color — told me themselves.
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