Students see the importance of their studies
<p>Students in Stacy Cobb's fourth grade class at Superior Elementary School visited Mineral Community Hospital, where they learned about the real world applications of their classroom studies.</p>
After studying six of the 10 systems of the human body, the students of Stacy Crabb’s fourth grade class saw the real world applications of their knowledge.
On Dec. 18 the fourth graders took a short walk to Mineral Community Hospital where they were received by several of the hospital employees and given personal tour in groups of seven.
“This was really nice, how they set up the stations for the kids to go through in small groups,” Crabb said.
Each group went to four stations throughout Mineral Community Hospital where employees gave them hands on demonstrations.
In the CAT scan room, students got the chance to lie down and enter the scanner before seeing an example of what the image the machine produces.
Students also went to the laboratory – where technicians showed them how blood is analyzed.
In the x-ray room, Chris Watson gave the students a brief quiz by showing them various x-rays and asking them to identify what the image showed. For their enthusiasm in answering Watson’s questions, students were given a flexible plastic skeleton.
“One of the kids commented ‘boy it was really worth learning all of that,’” Crabb said. “For them to see how we can find out about ourselves is very beneficial.”
Director of Nursing Kirsten Locke taught the students how to hear each others heart beat using a stethoscope and one student was selected to be hooked up to a vital monitor to have their heart beat shown digitally.
“I just wanted to extend their learning and let them see how it all applies to real life,” Crabb said. “There might be some possible occupations they are interested in.”