Yesterday we had a visit from Glenn Miskovsky, doctor and Shutesbury dad. He talked to us about the heart and its important role in the body. We learned that the heart is a muscle that beats all day long, pumping blood from the lungs to all the other parts of the body. He told them that their hearts weigh about a half a pound, and that by the time you are 70, your heart has beaten 3 billion times! Children got a chance to use stethoscopes to hear their heartbeats, and to find their pulse on their necks and wrists. Glenn brought some heart ultrasounds to show us too, which kids viewed on the computer. We could actually see the valves of the heart opening and closing, and the blood moving through! Thank you Glenn!
And, as promised, here are some more photos of our Quabbin/Fish Hatchery field trip on Monday, courtesy of Clif Read. Have a fantastic vacation!
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