Our Ruth Lilly Field Trip

Our "field trip" was so much fun and we learned a lot!

First we learned about body parts.  Students were able to place organs on our model as the presenter discussed each one.

As we talked about each organ, we learned some comparisons to help us understand each organ's job and how it helps us keep our body working properly.  A heart works like a pump, the lungs are like balloons, the stomach is like a blender, etc.  The students understood that the brain is like a boss.

Next we learned about our skeleton and muscles.  Ask your child how many bones we have (206) or how many muscles we have (over 600).  We learned that exercising helps take care of our bones and muscles.  We played a fun game where we rolled a die with numbers and rolled a die with exercises on it.  For example, we might have to do five jumping jacks or 10 seconds of running in place. Check us out doing our exercises:

I think that would be a fun activity to do at home.  The students were so excited to exercise this way!

Then we learned about keeping our bodies healthy with foods.  Ask your child about any time foods and sometime foods.

We learned about brushing teeth and flossing, too.  We learned a little chant to help us remember where to brush our teeth:  Up like a rocket, down like rain, round and round like a choo-choo train.
Another thing we discusses was germs. We learned that not all germs are bad.

Before our field trip was over, we discussed other ways to keep our body healthy and safe.  We talked about bicycle safety, water safety, and other ways to stay safe.  Ask your child to tell you a few ways to stay safe!

Ask your child about his or her favorite part of the field trip!