Straight From the Heart: Blackrock Students Get Hands-On Health Lesson
Studying the heart of a pig allowed fourth and fifth grade students to gain a better understanding of their own anatomy.
Apart from the everyday care of Blackrock Elementary students, School Nurse Melissa Thibodeau also teaches lessons about health, fitness and well-being to fourth and fifth classes. Her recent lessons have focused on personal health, including basic anatomy and physiology to provide students with a better understanding of how their bodies work. Thibodeau shares with her students ways to improve and keep healthy their hearts and other organs through proper diet, water consumption and exercise routines. In honor of February being American Heart Month, Thibodeau obtained a pig heart from a local butcher to use as a visual aid during several classes. Because a pig heart is quite similar to a human heart, it allowed students to identify the …
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9:13 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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