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What makes you, YOU? Through engaging, hands-on exploration, discover how food becomes our body’s fuel, where oxygen goes when we breathe it, and how our brains interpret the world.
How do your body’s systems work together to make you, you? How are humans alike, and what makes you an individual? Join us as we learn about the human body in this four-session program, presented by Science Central.
Session 1: Your Power Plant
How does your digestive system power your body?
Session 2: Your Delivery System
How does your circulatory system deliver oxygen and nutrients to keep your body running?
Session 3: Your Command Center
How does your brain help you make sense of your experiences?
Session 4: Your Blueprint
How do your DNA and your environment interact to make you an individual?
SPARK Summer Learning is generously supported by the Foellinger Foundation, Friends of the Allen County Public Library, and the Allen County Public Library Foundation.
Participants should plan to attend the entire series. Space is limited, so please register for all programs online, on the ACPL mobile app, or by calling any library location. Registration opens 2 weeks prior to each event. Please call your local branch for group/guest registrations larger than five people.
Pontiac Branch shares a campus with the Fort Wayne Urban League and Brightpoint’s Hanna Creighton Head Start. It has a 2 story playscape for children and artwork on the pillars by Theoplis Smith. Don’t miss the stained glass window that was designed by William L. Lupkin Designs and donated by the building’s architect, Alan R.Grinsfelder. The Pontiac Branch is a community destination for neighborhood kids, organizations & clubs, and those in need of computer access.
