Hello MosSE readers!
The 2013 spring outreach tour is on the road again, though it hardly felt like spring last night in Anaconda. Today we brought spectrUM’s Hands on Health exhibit to the Anaconda Job Corps, an education and career technical training program run by U.S. Forest Service. What a place this was! The view of the Pintlers that greets this campus every day is spectacular!
What a view from the Anaconda Job Corps Campus!
This stop was an awesome opportunity for spectrUM to reach a different audience, an opportunity that was a roaring success! Over the course of the day, we were visited by 184 young adults – ages 17 to 25 years- who hail from at least seven different states, including Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, California, Arizona, even Kansas!
With such a jump from the elementary and middle school students we met in Lolo, we wondered how our program would go over with these folks. We found was that not only did they enthusiastically help us move our exhibits AND personally cook us lunch, they were also super keen to explore the Hand on Health exhibits. They whizzed through our surgery station, recognizing and replacing the internal organs with ease. Our black light glow lotion, which is used in nursing and medical schools as a teaching tool for proper hand washing, proved especially interesting to the culinary arts class. Don’t forget those wrists, guys!
Anaconda Job Corps students practice taking vital signs with spectrUM’s Hands on Health outreach program
In addition to having a great “all hands on deck” attitude to exploring eyeballs, organs, and vital signs, many of these students were excited to learn about the career-oriented A.A.S (associate of applies science) degrees offered at the University of Montana’s Missoula College (formerly the College of Technology.) Missoula College offers professional degrees in surgery tech, radiology, pharmacy technologies, respiratory care, and several different nursing programs. The Anaconda Job Corps students left our exhibits with a new appreciation for the many varied career opportunities in health care!
spectrUM educator Tony exploring the world of x- rays and advanced imaging technologies with Anaconda Job Corps students
What could make this visit more fun? How about a visit from both the local Fox and ABC news crews and the local newspaper? You can check out our press coverage at these links:
http://www.kxlf.com/news/traveling-science-exhibit-visits-anaconda-job-corp/
Thanks, Anaconda Job Corps, for having us, especially Sandra, who stuck by us the who crazy day. Best of luck to all the new friends of SpectrUM in their future careers!
Now off to White Suflur Springs, home of the Hornets and, rumor has it, some incredible hot springs!
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