By Eden La Clair, Staff Photographer
On Monday, Dec. 4th, students taking Physiology or Sports Medicine Regional Occupational Program (ROP) were given the opportunity to attend a field trip to visit the California Science Center, which just opened their new body worlds exhibit this year. During this trip, students were given access to the Body Worlds exhibit, along with the rest of the science center.
The Body Worlds exhibit first opened this year, on May 20th. This unique exhibit presents real human bodies, allowing people to discover the way the human body works. The exhibit displays over 200 plastinated specimen of real human bodies, including full bodies, organs and translucent slices. The whole exhibit is split up into different galleries that feature the different body systems, including respiratory, nervous, circulatory, digestive, locomotor and reproductive systems. The bodies are presented in abstract ways to show the true capabilities that the human bodies have.
“One of the coolest exhibits was the one where the bodies were playing cards and you could see all of the muscles that are involved with holding cards. Two of the bodies were actually cheating by trading cards under the table, which was interesting to see,” said senior Rachel Roberts.
In addition to seeing the body worlds exhibit, students were taken to see the Endeavour, which was moved to the California Science Center from Florida. The 78 feet wide, 122 feet long space shuttle now sits in the Samuel Oschin Pavilion, where people can see Endeavour up close and ask the staff as many questions as they want.
“I think it went well overall. We had charter buses, so that was really cool. I think everyone was interested and engaged and they were able to take advantage of the entire facility. After looking at the body worlds exhibit, students were able to go explore some of the other experiences that they have at the Science Center, so I thought it was a good day,” said Physiology teacher Lehua Werdel.
