LiveSmart: Journey Through the Body – March 23 and 24, 2018

Where can kids walk through a giant ear, get their hands on some of the newest technology in health care, and find out just what those supersized backpacks they lug around every day are doing to their bodies? Join us at the area’s largest and most popular kid’s health education exhibit – Journey Through The Body© – A Hands-on Discovery Adventure.

St. Peter’s Health Partners will host its 19th annual Journey Through The Body© on Friday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Crossgates Mall. The event is co-sponsored by WNYT-NewsChannel 13. WNYT Meteorologist Bob Kovachick and Anchor/Health Reporter Benita Zahn will be doing a live broadcast from the event on Friday, beginning at 4 p.m.

This FREE health education event is designed to educate children and their parents about select parts of the human body and to learn about their functions, components, strengths and limitations, and ways to lead an active, healthy lifestyle.

Just like in years past, kids will have the chance to explore larger-than-life-sized models of the heart, brain, lungs, ear, teeth, and colon. Kids can walk through a giant, inflatable model of the brain and check out the inflatable heart, getting an up-close and personal look at how these important organs work.

Back again is the Capital Region’s largest ear – at nine feet tall, eight feet wide and 19 feet long, it is hard to miss! Pulsating lights show how sound moves through the ear and the dangers of exposure to loud noises or music. The model, like all exhibits at Journey Through The Body©, is handicap-accessible.

New to Journey Through The Body© this year is an interactive game where kids can log in on their parent’s smart phone and answer questions based on the exhibits. Winners of the game will be included in a drawing for one of four $50 gift cards!

Additional, hands-on activities at Journey Through The Body© include:

  • Students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be on hand as bioengineering ambassadors, leading hands-on activities to demonstrate the intersection of high-end technology and health care.
  • Germs are everywhere! Kids will find out where they lurk and how to get rid of them at the infection control exhibit, staffed by physicians and nurses from SPHP’s infection control and patient safety departments.
  • The brain exhibit’s perennially popular obstacle course has been enhanced with new challenges this year – kids can put their minds and bodies to the test!

For more information on Journey Through The Body©, visit http://www.sphp.com/jttb

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