Rio Schools Students Love their SpikerBoxes and Claws!

A Middle School Teacher Testimonial!

We met Deborah Antrim, a medical pathway and 8th-grade teacher in Rio school district, at CSTA this past year, and she told us all about the successes she had had with Backyard Brains gear in her classes and summer camps!

We asked her to share some pictures and details about how she had engaged her students with DIY neuroscience, and she had this to say:

“We love our SpikerBoxes and Claw! We have a Science Summer camp- with my love of anatomy and physiology, I taught action potentials and explained the sodium/potassium pump and neural conductivity.

“When researching activities, I found the Spiker box- PERFECT! Very easy to use, STEM all the way! Our superintendent was enamored with the thought something like this even existed- ha!”

This is a great example of how DIY Neuroscience is not just a fantastic opportunity for your students, but it is also your chance to be the “rockstar science teacher!” When the superintendent is looking for chances to brag about your district and school, you’ll be the classroom that they use as an example of how they’re bringing cutting-edge STEM to the students and community!

In closing, Deb proclaimed, “I am the biggest BYB fan!”

Well, let that be an example and a challenge! Are you a bigger BYB fan? Test your mettle and share examples of your classroom or projects! Email us at hello@backyardbrains.com to share your story!

Bring these same experiments to life in your classroom!

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Teacher Testimonial: Mr. Furlow

Enhance IB or AP Bio with DIY Neuroscience!

Mr. Furlow and his students bring Bio to life with Hands-On Neuroscience

Mr. Furlow teaches IB Bio with a twist: his students record from both invertebrate and human nervous systems to perform unique, quantitative neuroscience labs. What effect does nicotine have on the firing rate of a neuron? What muscles are activated and which do the most work when students arm wrestle, or “dab?”

These are some of the inquiries Mr. Furlow’s students have, find out how they use DIY tools to answer them in this video featuring Mr. Furlow and his classroom!

See Mr. Furlow’s Teacher Testimonial!