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FALL 2021 – SUMMER 2022
GRADES 6-12 SOCIAL JUSTICE
BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE – HOW TO HELP YOURSELF AND OTHERS
How does race, gender and social class play a role in the opioid crisis? We’ll explore how they can impact access to healthcare, how doctors perceive the patient and their health issues, the ability to receive quality treatment and more. We’ll learn what activists and individuals in the medical and legal communities are doing to combat these problems.
How does our brain process stress and emotion? Finding healthy ways to handle stress is important. Explore a few ways that can be helpful in identifying personal stressors and healthy methods to handle it. Music art, writing, exercise and sharing and actively listening are just a few ways you can help yourself and others.
Available: museum, outreach, virtual
Available: museum, outreach, virtual
Indiana Academic Standards
Indiana Academic Standards
WHAT GOOD IS PAIN?
BRAIN CHEMISTRY
Why do we feel pain? What would happen if we couldn’t feel pain? Explore how pain is used to help us and how it is processed in our body. We’ll also investigate what happens when pain relievers are introduced, and the way pain has been managed throughout history.
How do neurons communicate and what happens when a message doesn’t get through? Explore this process through hands-on activities that will get your students thinking, talking and moving. Available: museum, outreach, virtual
Available: museum, outreach, virtual
Indiana Academic Standards
Indiana Academic Standards
POWER OF WORDS AND REDUCING STIGMA The words we use have power. They can lift and encourage or break someone down. Reflecting on the words we use to describe people and situations, how can we shift what we say? How can we reduce stigma when we change our word choice? Explore words, their power, and your ability to reduce stigma in your own community. Available: museum, outreach, virtual Indiana Academic Standards
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