Outreach Event

Yeah!  Today is an outreach event about blood.  The Anatomy classed prepped another outreach event for the Head Start class.  The kids made the stethoscopes with funnels on p. 147 and let the kids listen to their heart beats.  Then the little ones listened with real stethoscopes, watched blood pressure demos, colored hearts, played with the microscope that attached to a cell phone, looked at a blood smear under a conventional microscope, and made fake blood (plastic chips for platelets, ping pong balls for white blood cells, and red water beads for red blood cells).  We worked in stations.  Fun!  I love these events.  Everyone benefits!  Consider hosting a similar program with your Co-op.  You'll need a space with tables.  I like to pull all of the materials, inventory everything, and practice jobs a few times with my leaders before the program.  The Head Start kids are four years old.  We keep the activities simple and limit the program to 30-40 minutes.  We typically have four or five stations.  Everyone wins.  The kid leaders gain confidence and the little participants have an exciting enrichment event.  Cool, right?