Health Education: Hands-on Workshops

For reservations call (216) 231-8002.

• Add a 40-minute life-science lab lesson to your program and extend your students’ learning.
• $5.50 per student at the Museum, add $100 for Health on Wheels
• Not available for Distance Learning

Hidden Kingdoms + Big Germ Hunt
Students will scour the premises for bacteria and grow their findings on prepared culture plates.

Bodyworks + Heart Dissection
Perform a thorough, guided dissection of preserved sheep hearts. Students will practice safe use of professional dissection tools and compare animal to human cardiac anatomy. 

Disease Detectives + Gram Stain
Analyze bacteria specimens using the Gram stain procedure and view results through a microscope.

Bug off Bugs + Insect Dissection
Perform a thorough, guided dissection of a preserved grasshopper. Students will practice safe use of profssional dissection tools while identifying external and internal insect anatomy.

Body Blueprints + DNA Extraction
Students will extract DNA from the cells of fruit or human cheek cells. They may keep their extracted DNA sample in a provided microcentrifuge tube.
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For reservations call (216) 231-8002.