Get Heart Smart
The Get Heart Smart traveling exhibit introduces children to the physical properties of the heart with a larger-than-life floor model of the heart.
Get Heart Smart with MS Children’s Museum – This outreach program was developed to educate children regarding three facets of heart health through an innovative, interactive program model that can travel throughout the state. In the Get Heart Smart program, students learn about the anatomy of the circulatory system and its primary functions using a larger-than-life heart and lungs floor map. They will also discuss making healthy choices regarding food, sleep, and exercise as well as the impact good citizenship can make on one’s health.
PRIMARY PROGRAM GOALS
Provide underserved children with access to a health-science based program specifically related to heart health without incurring transportation cost or additional cost to students and families
Distribute printed curriculum, program model and resources to schools statewide
Establish fitness and health literacy programming specifically geared to lower socio-economic levels
Positively impact overall health and well-being of students within Central Mississippi and serve as a catalyst for long-term improvement
Fill programmatic gap for students created by the need for additional educational resources
Since launching this program in 2013, more than 1,100 students visiting the museum and 3,500 children from across the state have experienced this hands-on, educational, and fun program.
Here are a few locations Get Heart Smart has visited across the state:
Raymond Road Boys and Girls Club
Medgar Evers Library
Boys and Girls Club of Jackson
Operation Shoestring
Stewpot Community Services
Picayune School District
Spann Elementary
Union County School District