STEM workshop offers bonding experience for children and parents

The UTAR STEM Outreach organised a two-hour workshop titled The Heart Touching Moment for 10 children aged four to nine years old on 19 February 2023 at UTAR Sungai Long Campus. The workshop also saw the participation of 10 parents and it was facilitated by academic staff from the Centre for Foundation Studies of Sungai Long Campus.

Among the activities conducted during the workshop included introducing the circulatory system, using a stethoscope to listen to the heartbeat, dissecting a goat’s heart, assembling organs in a human model and making a heart key chain. The activities were conducted along with the parents.

Student helper introducing the children to circulatory system

The workshop started with a student helper explaining the circulatory system to the kids and the parents. She introduced the organs and functions of the circulatory system, the different sides of the heart, oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, etc. Thereafter, the kids and parents were given a chance to listen to their heartbeat using the stethoscope. The workshop concluded with a session on assembling organs in a human model. The session saw the kids and parents interacting actively with each other.

Kids and parents using a stethoscope to listen to their heartbeat

Assembling organs in a human model

To read more about UTAR STEM Outreach's STEM Engagement Day at SMJK Yu Hua, click here.



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