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Brain Day Ottawa Team featured on ‘A’ Morning talking about the fragility of the human brain and how ThinkFirst teaches kids to protect it through Brain Day.

Brain Day

On the fast track to becoming one of the most successful one-day injury prevention awareness initiatives in Canada, ThinkFirst Canada's Brain Day is a national outreach program involving scientists, university students, community volunteers and thousands of school children from across Canada. Brain Day is a neuroscience-based education session that elevates students' interest in the human brain and nervous system and empowers them to always use their brains to protect their bodies.


During Brain Awareness Week in March every year, our Brain Day Team organizes a half-day program for junior elementary students. Using hands on techniques, interactive discussion and fun experiments, students are engaged in discovering the science and wonders of the human brain, how it works, and how injuries can permanently affect the body.


Brain Day Teaching Kits Now Available!

Our ThinkFirst Brain Day program is now available in a Teaching Kit. The kits are available in English and French and free of charge to Canadian schools. Teaching Kits are available in limited quantities and as a result we can not guarantee that everyone who orders a kit will receive one. ThinkFirst’s priority is to provide Teaching Kits to teachers of grade five students who currently do not have access to Brain Day volunteer presenters. To order a set for your school please fill in all the information fields below. We kindly ask that only teachers or principals request these materials and that these materials are shipped only to Canadian schools. If you have any questions or prefer to place your order over the phone, please call 1-800-335-6076.

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Brain Day resources

2011 Brain Day Instructor's Guide

ThinkFirst Brain Day - Slide Deck

BrainWaves - Spring 2011 - Brain Day Edition

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Brain Day Coordinator Resources

2011 Brain Day - Coordinator's Manual

2011 Brain Day - Letter to Teachers

2011 Brain Day - Letter to School Boards

2011 Brain Day - Letter to Science Coordinators

2011 Brain Day - Volunteer Recruitment Poster 1

2011 Brain Day - Volunteer Recruitment Poster 2

2011 Brain Day - Recipe for Gelatin Brain

2011 Brain Day - Volunteer Info Session Slides

2011 Brain Day - Budget Tracker

2011 Brain Day - Expected Expenses Coordinator Budget