Heart Surgery 101
Join us for a pre-recorded version of our popular Live ... from the Heart program.
Lab Overview
Learn about careers in the Operating Room, handle real surgical tools and ask questions while watching a pre-recorded session of open-heart surgery. This is a version of our popular Live ... from the Heart program. After your session, explore the heart and body further in the YOU! The Experience exhibit, located in Abbott Hall.
- Grades: 7th - 12th
- Capacity: 35 students
- Duration: 75 minutes
- Cost: $120
- Offered Tuesdays at 10:15 and 11:45 am
Download the lab guide
Illinois Learning Standards
The content of this lab aligns with the following Illinois Learning Standards:
4: A; 5: B; 11: A; 12: A, B; 13: A, B; 22: A, B, C; 23: A, B, C
Pre- and Post-Visit Activities
Risk Factors
Before your visit, ask your students to make a list of risk factors for heart disease. Visit some of the websites below to learn more about the heart, cardiovascular system and cardiovascular disease.
Additional Resources
MSI's Live ... from the Heart program
www.livefromtheheart.org
American Heart Association
www.heart.org
Discovery Health
http://health.discovery.com/centers/heart/heart.html
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
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