PLAY Lab Events Archive

NTID PLAY Lab “Brainy Day, Science-as-Play" – Oct 14, 2023!

The NTID PLAY Lab hosted a “Brainy Day, Science-as-Play” community event on Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 11 am to 1 pm at the Rochester School for the Deaf.

Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children of all ages participated in various fun activities, related to neuroscience and the brain. They made brain hats out of paper, learned about neurons, tossed a brain, and saw their own brains in action with an EEG brain recording machine.

Families had the opportunity to meet deaf scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester to encourage getting kids excited about science.

Last year, Brainy day was a great success. “Brainy Day was an engaging hands-on event—it was fun watching my son being able to connect with Deaf scientists,” said Byron Behm, parent of a deaf son.

Volunteer interpreters were available at the day’s event.

The NTID PLAY Lab, directed by NTID faculty member Dr. Rain Bosworth, has several ongoing research projects for parents and their children on the topics of play, exploration, vision and language. To learn more about our studies, contact our lab here: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/playlab#participate. Learn more about the affiliated Sensory, Perceptual, and Cognitive Ecology (SPaCE) Center here: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/space.

NTID PLAY Lab First Ever “Brainy Day" - Oct 22, 2022!

The NTID PLAY Lab hosted the first ever “Brainy Day, Science-as-Play” community event at the Rochester School for the Deaf. Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children participated in various fun activities, related to neuroscience and the brain.  They made brain hats out of paper, learn about neurons, squeeze squishie brains, and were able to see their own brains in action with an EEG brain recording machine.  

Families were able to meet deaf scientist Victoria Popov, who is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at the University of Rochester.  “Brainy day allowed me to be humbled by interacting with families and children who are excited about the future of science,” said Victoria. 

“Brainy Day was an engaging hands-on event—it was fun watching my son being able to connect with Deaf scientists,” said Byron Behm, parent of a deaf son.

Special thanks to the students from the NTID Master’s in Secondary Education (MSSE) who volunteered for the day’s event.  For them, the event was equally as fun to see the curious eyes and wide smiles from babies to teens.  “What an enjoyable challenge, to communicate with the little ones and watch their neurons light up as they learned to create one with beads & string,” said Eric Pollard, current MSSE student.

The NTID PLAY Lab, directed by NTID faculty member Dr. Rain Bosworth, has several ongoing research projects for parents and their children on the topics of play, exploration, vision and language.  To learn more about our studies, contact our lab here: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/playlab#participate. Learn more about the affiliated Sensory, Perceptual, and Cognitive Ecology (SPaCE) Center here: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/space.