Body Venture came to Oberlin Elementary School today for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. There were 11 Body Venture stations, and a volunteer presenter engaged the students in a tour that begins when students enter the school lunchroom and become food. They walk through a giant brain. Inside the huge brain, students experience “brain waves” and learn about brain function. The “foods” step into the exhibit’s larger-than-life mouth, are “swallowed” through the esophagus tunnel and move into the stomach. From the stomach, the students travel through the small intestine where they become nutrients that are “absorbed” into the bloodstream.
Then, they follow the path of the nutrients to the heart, lungs, bones, muscles and skin stations. Students leave the body through Body Venture’s Pathway to Life. This final station recaps key health concepts from each of the 10 previous stations.
