Davao City students to benefit from DOST’s Health On the Go traveling exhibit

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By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata [(PNA), LAM/MCCA]

MANILA, Oct. 7 (PNA) -- Students in Davao City will learn from interactive displays in the Health On the Go traveling exhibit of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), which will run until October 23.

The traveling exhibit features interactive health and nutrition learning displays for elementary students. The DOST has partnered with the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology, United Laboratory, and DOST Region XI for the exhibit that was housed at the Mindanao Science and Technology Centrum in Bago Oshiro, Tugbok, Davao City.

The exhibit aims to make learning science a fun and easy experience for students. It also teaches the students the importance of having a healthy mind and body, and teaches them ways on how to keep away from various diseases. Moreover, it showcases displays mimicking science phenomena, plus practical learning materials students can easily relate with.

Among the interactive displays in the Health on the Go include the digital display mapping of different disease outbreaks in the world such as the avian flu (or H5N1); the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) in Saudi Arabia and in some countries in the Middle East; and Ebola virus in Congo, Africa.

Also, there are displays on several disease-carrying insects and animals, and corresponding diseases. Displays on how to avoid being sick are more explicitly detailed, as well as displays that encourage children to exercise and keep their bodies from moving.

The Health on the Go traveling exhibit also incorporated usual displays such as the Plasma Sphere, Bernoulli Effect, Ant-Gravity Mirror, Head on the Platter, and Laser Harp, among others.