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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear teachers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><b><span style="color: rgb(247, 150, 70); ">An opportunity for Year 10 students interested in science and neuroscience.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(247, 150, 70); "><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 21pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Australian Brain Bee Challenge - Registration for 2013 now open</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) is a neuroscience competition that promotes and encourages students to learn about their brain, neuroscience
and science research as a career. It is open to all students in Year 10 in 2013. Teachers can register as many or as few of their students as they choose. Round 1 will be held online during Brain Awareness Week- March 11-15, 2013 and the week following March
18-22, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Round 1 Questions are from the free, downloadable book- <i>Neuroscience: Science of the Brain. An Introduction for Young Students</i> by The British Neuroscience
Association (BNA) and European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; ">Download the Round 1 Book at <a href="http://www.bna.org.uk/static/docs/BNA_English.pdf">http://www.bna.org.uk/static/docs/BNA_English.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; ">Up to 150 students that complete Round 1 will be invited to attend Round 2-a State/Territory Final at a university in their capital city. Students can
win great prizes including a trip overseas to the International Brain Bee, while schools can win prizes including a state-of-the-art Zeiss microscope for their science laboratory.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; ">The competition is free to enter and registrations are open online until March 8, 2013 at </span><a href="http://www.abbc.edu.au/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 143, 25); ">www.abbc.edu.au</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; ">The ABBC is a neuroscience outreach program administered by the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 19px; ">For information, contact:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size: 19px; ">Australian Brain Bee Challenge<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><b>Phone:</b><span> </span>07 3346 6412<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><b>Email:<span> </span><span> </span></b><a href="mailto:abbc@uq.edu.au">abbc@uq.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><b>Web:<span> </span><span> </span></b><a href="http://www.abbc.edu.au">www.abbc.edu.au</a></span></p>
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Katherine Wilkins I Australian Brain Bee Challenge National Administrator<br>
Queensland Brain Institute I University of Queensland <br>
Ph: + 61 7 3346 6412 Fax: + 61 7 3346 6301
<div>Email: <a href="mailto:abbc@uq.edu.au">abbc@uq.edu.au</a> Web: <a href="http://www.abbc.edu.au">www.abbc.edu.au</a> <br>
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