Here is a crowd of 10 year old neuro scientists at the Brain research center here in Trondheim. The best part of the trip - subject petting. In this case, friendly rats. This one is named Rodey.
We're studing the brain and how people learn during this unit in our grade five class. We went to the cetner to learn about brain mapping and generally show kids how very cool science is.
There is a huge demand for scientists in all areas in Norway right now. So much that the government not only pays for the schooling of graduate students in the sciences, but funds their living expenses at a salary higher than I make teaching. (Not that that says much...)
Anyhow, we saw rats, and microscopes, and brain drills, and held rat brains, and watched a brain slicer, and touched some super-cold-bain-freezing liquid. And, this sign on one of the freezers in the surgery room. It was sweet.
I don't think the kids quite made the connections between their cuddly little buddies downstairs and the brains that they put in the slicer.
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