Bloomin' Brains Summer Camp

The 2013 Bloomin Brains Camp was a great success.Read about plans for the 2014 Bloomin Brains Camp

Campers will had an opportunity to:

• Conduct hands-on science experiments

• Learn about traditional uses of medicinal plants in Native cultures

• Explore the structure and function of the brain

• Visit the Burke Museum, UW Botany Greenhouse, Medicinal Herb Garden, the Hyde Herbarium, and UW Farm

• Listen to real scientists talk about their careers

• Discover "the art of the brain" by constructing models

• Make a plant extract and tie-dye a shirt

• Research neuroscience at the UW computer lab