{"id":1386209,"date":"2019-01-29T20:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/two-rivers-glenwood-field-trip-teaches-how-studies-apply-to-real-life\/"},"modified":"2019-01-29T20:28:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:28:01","slug":"two-rivers-glenwood-field-trip-teaches-how-studies-apply-to-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/two-rivers-glenwood-field-trip-teaches-how-studies-apply-to-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Rivers\u2019 Glenwood field trip teaches how studies apply to real life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With their eyes wide open and jaws dropped, Two Rivers Community School fourth- and fifth-graders got to see the human body in a whole new way Tuesday in Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the partnership between the school and Compass Peak Imaging, 24 students toured the West Glenwood facility as part of a class field trip. <\/p>\n

It is all part of the problem-based learning, or PBL, platform, titled “You are what you eat” \u2014 studying the body system, disease, diet and the connection between the two.<\/p>\n

“It helps transfer what they learn from school, and how it applies in a business and the medical field,” said Ann Rockett Perrin, PBL\/ELL coordinator for the K-8 state charter school.<\/p>\n

“We hope they learn the real world part of what they are studying,” she said. “And maybe be inspired to become something in the field.”<\/p>\n

One by one, the 9- to 11-year-olds checked out the CT scan machine, MRI room and the X-ray room for an up-close look at medical imaging.<\/p>\n

“I enjoy showing them what we do here, and teaching them about technology and healthy choices,” said Stevie Madsen, radiologic technician for Compass Peak Imaging.<\/p>\n

“I love that they are studying anatomy. It’s neat to see their faces when they see what real people look like on the inside,” she said.<\/p>\n

Full of questions, the students politely raised their hands, asking the basics of what the difference is between a CT scan and an X-ray, to what effect radiation has on the human body.<\/p>\n

“They ask some really intelligent questions,” Madsen added. “I’m giving them information that is complicated, and they do a good job of understanding.”<\/p>\n

Two more trips with 48 more students will tour the facility this Friday and the following Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Our biggest push is to get the students out in the field as much as possible \u2026 just to solidify the learning,” Rockett Perrin added.<\/p>\n

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