This hands-on activity uses play-doh to teach learners about the names, locations, and functions of brain parts through the lens of sports. This activity is great for kids aged 5-11 years who are new to neuroscience.

This craft is great for folks just learning about cells in the body and new to learning about the nervous system. It teaches about a special type of cell found in the brain, the neuron. And you get a key chain out of it. Win-win!

This all-ages critical thinking challenge combines friendly competition, problem-solving, and teamwork with engineering, materials science, neuroscience, and physics to build a better helmet to protect a ‘brain’ from cracking when dropped.

This interactive game gets participants to act out the working parts of a neuron while learning about how brain cells communicate. This low-cost activity is great for groups of 8-10 kids between 9 and 18 years of age.

Brains&Bruises authors are working on a series of children’s fiction and non-fiction books, using the thrilling sport of roller derby to teach about the brain. These books will be freely given to community members or donated derby leagues to sell at their merch tables.

Planned books in the series include:

Sparky Learns to Skate

Bruisy’s First Bout

Skating Through the Senses

Roller Brain - the neuroanatomy of sport

Bruisy’s Bump On The Head

Winning Mindset - connecting with your memory-challenged loved one through sport