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Lynn Kirk explores the Incredible Human Machine
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .A group of Lynn Kirk students helped COSI educator Kyle Jepsen (left) teach how the nervous system in the human body works. Teacher Kim Miller (right) acted as the brain, and the students were told they are nerves. Jepsen explained that nerves will act as a chain and bring a message to the brain by working together.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Lynn Kirk student Alex Sorrells donned a brain cap and had to show the many tasks that the brain handles at any given second during a Jan. 12 COSI presentation. Sorrells laughed as he used toys and tools to show how the brain keeps our heartbeat, manages breathing, circulation, touch, hearing, seeing, and communicating with each organ and body part.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Lynn Kirk teacher Kim Miller (right) helped COSI educator Kyle Jepsen (left) explore systems in the body on Jan. 12.
By SARAH FOOR
Students at Lynn Kirk Elementary revved their engines on Jan. 12 for a fun and informative visit from COSI on Wheels.
Kyle Jepson, an outreach educator for the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, described herself as a “body mechanic” during her presentation exploring “The Incredible Human Machine.”
“Engines are a lot like human bodies, because there a lot of pieces and parts that work together in a really beautiful system,” the educator explained during an assembly for the entire school.
As a “body mechanic,” Jepsen asked Lynn Kirk students to help her fix a faulty engine while explaining how the machine’s many parts are similar to the human body.
Jepsen said the central processing unit of the engine is much like the human brain. To show how many tasks the brain must juggle, student Alex Sorrells wore a brain cap and had to pretend to circulate blood, breathe, feel, hear, see, and communicate with the rest of the body’s systems. Sorrells said he was exhausted at the end of the experiment.
The COSI representative shared plenty of information on the body’s systems as she fixed the engine and managed to share helpful tips on staying active and eating smart.
After the presentation, students explored COSI learning stations by grade levels throughout the day. The students were able to look through a video microscope, test starches in foods, assemble a puzzle of the human skeletal system, and build a healthy meal. The students were shown a fun way to get moving by playing Just Dance, a dance video game.