(VSVS at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital)
It is VSVS @ Monroe Carell’s mission to provide educational activities to children during their hospitalization while inspiring them with science and enriching their primary education. VSVS has been collaborating with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for ~15 years, starting with one day events, then adding experiments at the bedside, and now includes experiments in Seacrest Studio. In the bedside lesson model, volunteers are one-on-one with children for an interactive and personalized experience in their rooms. For the Seacrest Studio model, up to 6 patients may be present in the Studio with volunteers to participate in a science lesson. The lesson is also simultaneously broadcast across all patient rooms so that those not able to attend in person may follow along from their rooms.
This program teaches hands-on science lessons to young patients (K-8) at the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. The program features three teaching models; 1. VSVS Bedside Lessons (done with individual patients in their rooms). 2. Seacrest Studios (demos done for a small audience and broadcast through hospital tvs via Seacrest Studios) 3. VSVS Hospital Classroom (shorter lessons done with small “classes” of hospital patients).
Volunteers for this program must have participated in the VSVS Local Classroom Program for at least 1 semester and serve in their hospital placement for 1 calendar year. The application link will be provided via the VSVS Newsletter.
Lessons: https://vanderbilt.box.com/s/4sr44965xy1dbjguta26528s450pidjs