Brain Bee Study Resources

Brain Bee Study Resources

Format of the Competition

Starting this year and moving forward, the CIHR Brain Bee will be a standardized event, with all of the regions having their local competitions taking place on the same days. Because of this, the questions that students will see on the Ottawa Brain Bee competition will be similar to those seen at the National competition. The 2022 virtual Brain Bee will be hosted via Zoom, with further information about the exact formatting still to come. Students will need to have access to some form of webcam and microphone, as parts of this competition require these tools. The competition will consist of multiple choice questions from the content covered in the video lessons, and a “short answer/oral question” round where students will be required to write out answers from questions asked by a committee member and hold their answers up to their webcam.

Our planning committee is currently working on ways for students to have a fun and engaging experience with other high school students competing in the competition. More details about this are still to be announced.

Study Preparation

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Information regarding the details of the online course can be found on the About the Brain Bee page. The two main textbooks which the video lessons were created from are:

Additional resources for studying neuroanatomy are listed below that students can use to aid their studying:

Functionality and location:

Actual images: (the National competition uses REAL brain slices – you need to know the FUNCTIONALITY and Anatomical names of each area)