DAVAO CITY, Sept. 28 (PIA) – The recently launched Travelling
Science Centrum at the Mindanao Science and Technology Centrum in the city
underscores the importance of health care literacy especially aimed at
educating young students.
The month-long exhibition of the Health Science on the Go
(HSOTG)-Travelling Science Centrum which opened on September 23 and will end up
on October 23 aims to provide better understanding and appreciation
of the value of health.
The HSOTG-TSC exhibit at the MSTC in Bago Oshiro, Tugbok, expects
to attract more than 10,000 students and teachers from the public and private
schools in Davao Region.
The Travelling Science Centrum of Philippine Foundation for
Science and Technology has brought the mobile science exhibit in the region, in
partnership with Unilab Foundation, Inc. and in coordination with the
Department of Science and Technology Region XI.
DOST-XI regional director Dr. Anthony C. Sales said the HSOTG-TSC
is an interactive science museum “that will surely tickle mind and all your
senses.”
It features 31 engaging and interactive exhibits clustered into
physical fitness, nutrition, hygiene, sleep/rest and medicines.
The highlights include: Watch Me Pedal with Kelly the Skeleton;
Dance to be Healthy, (cardiovascular health); Healthy Eating (balanced
diet and Platong Makulay); Brush your Teeth the Right Way (oral health care);
What happens during Sleep (stages and effects of sleep); Immunization (how
vaccines work in the body); Van de Graaff generator (hair-raising activity);
and more.
“With the recent emerging technologies, it is bizarre not to make
use of these technologies and convert it to something that will entice students
to study science...to let them feel science,” Sales stated during his opening
remarks at the maiden launch of HSOTG-TSC.
In its press release, Unilab Foundation said the exhibits
complement the Kto12 competencies in health and science in support to the
Reformed Basic Education Curriculum of the Department of Education.
Davao City Councilor Leonardo Avila III, who represented Mayor
Rodrigo Duterte at the launch, emphasized the significance of science in the
health of the people.
“To be healthy, we need to learn and know science more.. Then, we
will build a healthier Philippines,” Avila said.
Alberto Ungab, representing Congressman Isidro Ungab of the 3rd
District, lauded the conduct of the science exhibit as it provides the basic
yet substantial information on health to the youth sector.
“We don’t have to develop teachers to be scientists, but teachers
have to urge students to be serious in learning science,” Ungab said.
The PFST and Unilab Foundation envisioned that every visitor of
the exhibit “be equipped with the right information, get involved in its
dissemination, and become an active advocate in the creation of a healthy
environment for future generations – contributing to a healthier and more
health literate Philippines.”
Sales urged all schools in the region to support the exhibit,
saying that “it is just a precursor of something big that is about to come in
the region with regards to interactive learning.”
“We are encouraging everyone to visit and experience the mobile
exhibit and also share and spread this information,” he stated.
The admission fee to the exhibit is pegged at P60.00 per person.
For booking and reservations, interested groups or individuals are advised to
contact Mavic Dado at cellphone numbers 0917-7175971 or telephone numbers (082)
221-5428 / (082) 227-1313. (PIA-XI/Carina L. Cayon)
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