Field trip

For those of you who don't know, I have a team system that I use in the classroom. Every student is on a team and they can win or lose points for their team depending upon their behavior and participation. At the end of the semester, I took the students who were on a winning team on a field trip. I love using the teams and the students really respond to it.

We went to the hospital first. Students got a tour of the ER first. They were shown all of the equipment used in an emergency.
We toured the radiology next. Students got to actually perform there own X-ray on a skeleton. The students got to see the process from beginning to end. We even scrunched up behind the little lead lined wall where the X-ray tech stands to avoid exposure to radiation. They were shown a bunch of different X-rays of broken bones, a nail through a finger, staples used to close the sternum after open heart surgery, and even a pace maker. It was really cool.
We also toured through the dental clinic. Here is a picture of the Junior High group that I took on Thursday. There were 16 of them.
The YKHC (Yukon Kuskokwim Health Coorporation) administration building is the only building in Bethel that has an elevator.
After the hospital tour, we went to the Fish and Wildlife Center.

We had pizza delivered to the Wildlife center for our lunch. Pizza is always loved by students.
Here are the students walking through the visitors center, learning about the fish and birds of the region.
Here they are checking out a huge table top relief map of the region.
Here we are all together. They got to earn extra credit by filling out a guide sheet with questions about the displays in the visitors center.
After that, we walked over to the college. They learned about some of the programs that the college offers to students their age, then they went on a scavenger hunt, and played career bingo. The next few pics are of my High School students doing all of the same activities. When the HS students visited the ER, one of the doctors came in and showed them some of the more complicated procedures that take place during emergencies.




At the college, the students learned alot about their collage options. In general, career options were more of a focus with the HS group. I think some of them might have actually sparked an interest in some of the career options. Both groups had a really great day and I think they learned a few things along the way!

One thing that was different about this field trip compared to others I've been on is that we walked from place to place in -26 degree weather! We all had on winter gear of course. Some people would think it would be crazy to go out in that cold of weather, but it's just a normal part of life here.